But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe scientific facts, which were supposed to contradict the faith in the nineteenth century, are nearly all of them regarded as unscientific fictions in the twentieth century.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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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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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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Eugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage each other’s.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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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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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON







