There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONWe’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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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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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Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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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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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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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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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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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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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.
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A child’s instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child’s hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.
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