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The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited, but was defined before it existed.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Christianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Eye Spring Story Sunset
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Atheism Fear People
There is no better test of a man’s ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong… A stiff apology is a second insult.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Apology Integrity Men
There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Catholic Discipline Wall
There are some desires that are not desirable.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Morality People Scandal
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Acceptance Knowledge Star
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Beautiful Beauty Broken Heart
Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Cleanliness Essential Next
All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is dead; but the darker secret of why he is alive.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Men Secret Sublime
When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Failure Trouble World
Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Hope Mean Things Unbelievable
Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Food Important Science
The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Christian Mass Reckless
Eugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage each other’s.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Clever Men Stupid
The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Christian Order Running
At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Art Brain Spiritual