Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONHope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.
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One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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There cannot be a nation of millionaires, and there never has been a nation of Utopian comrades; but there have been any number of nations of tolerably contented peasants.
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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.
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.
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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.
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