When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThere is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is dead; but the darker secret of why he is alive.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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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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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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All government is an ugly necessity.
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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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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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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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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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The Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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