Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
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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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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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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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I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right
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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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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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All government is an ugly necessity.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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