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. CHESTERTONModern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.
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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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All government is an ugly necessity.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
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The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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Original sin is the only doctrine that’s been empirically validated by 2,000 years of human history.
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