When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONI never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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.
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I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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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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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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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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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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Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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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.
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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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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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