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When a person has found something which he prefers to life itself, he for the first time has begun to live.
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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Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.
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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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Puritanism was an honourable mood it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.
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A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.
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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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It is the decisive people who have become civilised it is the indecisive, otherwise called the higher sceptics, or the idealistic doubters, who have remained barbarians.
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But since he stood for England And knew what England means, Unless you give him bacon You must not give him beans.
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Religious unity can look like a carnival and religious liberty can look like a funeral.
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In the modern conflict between the Smile and the Laugh, I am all in favor of laughing. The recent stage of culture and criticism might very well be summed up as the men who smile criticizing the men who laugh.
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We do not want, as the newspapers say, a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world.
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