Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.
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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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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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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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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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All government is an ugly necessity.
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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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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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