One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONDo not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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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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Original sin is the only doctrine that’s been empirically validated by 2,000 years of human history.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
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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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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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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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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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A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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