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.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONI 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
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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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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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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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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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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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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All government is an ugly necessity.
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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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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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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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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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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