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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Gilbert K. Chesterton quotes

English Writer May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936

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Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the..."
A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Great truths can only be forgotten and can never be falsified."
Great truths can only be forgotten and can never be falsified. Gilbert K. Chesterton
A religion is not the church a man goes to but the cosmos he lives in; and if any sceptic forgets it, the maddest fanatic beating an Orange drum about the Battle of the Boyne is a better philosopher than he. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her..."
A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. Gilbert K. Chesterton
He had found the thing which the modern people call Impressionism, which is another name for that final scepticism which can find no floor to the universe. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "All roads lead to Rome; which is one reason why many people..."
All roads lead to Rome; which is one reason why many people never get there. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise..."
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Really," said Gregory superciliously, "the examples you choos?"I beg your pardon," said Syme grimly, "I thought we had abolished all conventions. Gilbert K. Chesterton
For those in whom a mere reaction has thus become an obsession, I do seriously recommend the imaginative effort of conceiving the Twelve Apostles as Chinamen. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "if a man would make his world large, he must be always making..."
if a man would make his world large, he must be always making himself small. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "No man should leave in the universe anything of which he is..."
No man should leave in the universe anything of which he is afraid. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Religious liberty might be supposed to mean that everybody is free to discuss religion. In practice it means that hardly anybody is allowed to mention it. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds."
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Even a bad shot is dignified when he accepts a duel."
Even a bad shot is dignified when he accepts a duel. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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