Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Here ends another day, during which I have had eyes, ears, hands and the great world around me. Tomorrow begins another day. Why am I allowed two?

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What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my business.

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It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never gotten tired of making them

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The true object of human life is play.

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There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.

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When men cease to believe in God, they will believe in anything

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To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once.

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The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world... The reason is obvious. In a large community we can choose our companions. In a small community our companions are chosen for us.

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We have passed the age of the demagogue, the man who has little to say and says it loud. We have come to the age of the mystagogue or don, the man who has nothing to say, but says it softly and impressively in an indistinct whisper.

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What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but absence of self-criticism.

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Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.

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The humorous look of children is perhaps the most endearing of all the bonds that hold the Cosmos together. Their top-heavy dignity is more touching than any humility; their solemnity gives us more hope for all things than a thousand carnivals of optimism; their large and lustrous eyes seem to hold all the stars in their astonishment; their fascinating absence of nose seems to give to us the most perfect hint of the humour that awaits us in the kingdom of heaven.

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The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.

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Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being.

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The long words are not the hard words, it is the short words that are hard. There is much more metaphysical subtlety in the word "damn" than in the word "degeneration."

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The full potentialities of human fury cannot be reached until a friend of both parties tactfully intervenes.

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Religious unity can look like a carnival and religious liberty can look like a funeral.

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