Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes - Page 3

• I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Practice, Religion, May

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• 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. Chesterton

  Christian, Running, Order

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Beauty, Broken Heart, Beautiful

  "The Defendant". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1901.

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• Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.

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  Home, Mean, Not Worth It

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• I've searched all the parks in all the cities - and found no statues of Committees.

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  Inspirational, Cities, Parks

  "Trust Or Consequences : Build Trust Today Or Lose Your Market Tomorrow". Book by Al Golin, 2004.

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• The modern habit of saying "This is my opinion, but I may be wrong" is entirely irrational. If I say that it may be wrong, I say that is not my opinion. The modern habit of saying "Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me" – the habit of saying this is mere weak-mindedness. A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.

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  Philosophy, Moon, Men

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• The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

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  Love, Inspirational, Friendship

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• The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

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  Education, School, People

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• O God of earth and altar,
  Bow down and hear our cry,
  Our earthly rulers falter,
  Our people drift and die;
  The walls of gold entomb us,
  The swords of scorn divide,
  Take not thy thunder from us,
  But take away our pride.

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  Wall, Pride, People

  Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “A Hymn”

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• There's a lot of difference between listening and hearing.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Differences, Listening, Listening And Hearing

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• The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.

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  Men, Catholic, Riddle

  "The Book of Job". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1907.

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• A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

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  Creativity, Construction, Creative Thought

  "Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1911.

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• The Universe is the most extraordinary masterpiece ever constructed by nobody.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Atheism, Masterpiece, Extraordinary

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• The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

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  Hate, Argument, Discussion

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• There is no better test of a man's ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong... A stiff apology is a second insult.

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  Integrity, Apology, Men

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• For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.

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  Atheist, Religion, Atheism

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• These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.

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  Christian, Religion, Morality

  "The Illustrated London News" Magazine, August 11, 1928.

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• CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.

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  Communication, Civilisation, Judged

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• We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man's terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Fear, Blessing, Men

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• Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Art, Funny Friend, Drawing

  "The Golden Book" Magazine, Vol. 7, (p. 323), 1928.

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• Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.

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  Art, Philosophy, Reality

  1908 Orthodoxy, ch.3.

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• I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are always wrong about what is wrong with him. The practical form it takes is this: that, while the old man may stand by some stupid custom, the young man always attacks it with some theory that turns out to be equally stupid.

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  Stupid, Believe, Men

  "The Illustrated London News" Magazine, June 3, 1922.

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• It's not the world that's got so much worse but the news coverage that's got so much better.

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  Media, World, News

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• When people talk as if the Crusades were nothing more than an aggressive raid against Islam, they seem to forget in the strangest way that Islam itself was only an aggressive raid against the old and ordered civilization in these parts. I do not say it in mere hostility to the religion of Mahomet; I am fully conscious of many values and virtues in it; but certainly it was Islam that was the invasion and Christendom that was the thing invaded.

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  Civilization, People, Islam

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• I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.

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  Fighting, Men, Happy Marriage

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.271, Simon and Schuster

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