Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONLaughter 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.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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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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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.
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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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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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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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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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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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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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