Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe 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.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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The Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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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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There is no better test of a man’s ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong… A stiff apology is a second insult.
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