Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes, Philosophy Quotes, Fall Quotes

I never said a word against eminent men of science. What I complain of is a vague popular philosophy which supposes itself to be scientific when it is really nothing but a sort of new religion and an uncommonly nasty one. When people talked about the fall of man, they knew they were talking about a mystery, a thing they didn't understand. Now they talk about the survival of the fittest: they think they do understand it, whereas they have not merely no notion, they have an elaborately false notion of what the words mean.

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In Russia there is no philosophy, but philosophize everything, even the small fry.

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Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.

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To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine.

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The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader's mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood.

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That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained.

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You must know for yourself, directly, the truth of yourself and you cannot realize it through another, however great. There is no authority that can reveal it.

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There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all, for he has gone away." "Well, that is his loss, not mine," answered the Rocket. "I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." "Then you should definitely lecture on Philosophy," said the Dragon-fly.

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A dim capacity for wings demeans the dress I wear.

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Man, therefore, according to the Vedanta philosophy, is the greatest being that is in the universe.

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The self-styled practical man of affairs who pooh-poohs philosophy as a lot of windy notions is himself a pragmatist or a positivist, and a bad one at that, since he has given no thought to his position.

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Benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual.

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That Logic has advanced in this sure course, even from the earliest times, is apparent from the fact that, since Aristotle, it has been unable to advance a step, and thus to all appearance has reached its completion.

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The cause of laughter is simply the sudden perception of the incongruity between a concept and the real project.

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I sing the body electric.

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If God did not exist, he would have to be invented.

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Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.

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People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.

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When I could have used a wife, I could not support one; and when I could support one, I no longer needed any

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Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.

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