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The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: May 29
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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I have argued with him on almost every subject in the world, and we have always been on opposite sides, without affectation or animosity... It is necessary to disagree with him as much as I do, in order to admire him as I do and I am proud of him as a foe even more than as a friend.
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The world will very soon be divided, unless I am mistaken, into those who still go on explaining our success, and those somewhat more intelligent who are trying to explain our failure.
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There is no obligation on us to be richer, or busier, or more efficient, or more productive, or more progressive, or any way worldlier or wealthier, if it does not make us happier.
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Paradox - Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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Tolerance is a virtue of people who don't believe in anything anymore.
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Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals nay it is treachery to comrades.
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To be wrong, and to be carefully wrong, that is the definition of decadence.
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No man knows he is young while he is young.
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As for the general view that the Church was discredited by the War—they might as well say that the Ark was discredited by the Flood. When the world goes wrong, it proves rather that the Church is right. The Church is justified, not because her children do not sin, but because they do.
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Puritanism was an honourable mood it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.
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Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really this proposition: that nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover she is a step-mother.
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Most Americans ... have a sort of permanent intoxication from within, a sort of invisible champagne.
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A large section of the intelligentsia seems wholly devoid of intelligence.
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The most poetical thing in the world is not being sick.
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When everyone knows that something is so, it is always more interesting and often illuminating to assumeexactly the opposite, and to see where that leads.
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The books that influence the world are those that it has not read.
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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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