I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONBut there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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A child’s instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child’s hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves in the presence of something greater than themselves.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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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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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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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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