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.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe present condition of fame is merely fashion.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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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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All government is an ugly necessity.
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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Christianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
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