Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThese are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.
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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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The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited, but was defined before it existed.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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The 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.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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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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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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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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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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But there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.
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One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.
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