It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONProgress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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The 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.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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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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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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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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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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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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One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.
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Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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