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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: The telescope makes the world smaller; it is only the microscope that makes it larger.
         

The telescope makes the world smaller; it is only the microscope that makes it larger.


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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.



God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.



Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.



Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.



I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right



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.

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.



A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.



When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?



It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.



But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.





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It’s how I fill the time when nothing’s happening. Thinking too much, flirting with melancholy.

It’s how I fill the time when nothing’s happening. Thinking too much, flirting with melancholy.



You can't predict the outcome. You can't raise a child and then tell them what to think.

You can't predict the outcome. You can't raise a child and then tell them what to think.



Natural justice is a compact resulting from expediency by which men seek to prevent one man from injuring others and to protect him from being injured by them.

Natural justice is a compact resulting from expediency by which men seek to prevent one man from injuring others and to protect him from being injured by them.



It's always weird when I meet people who don't know how to crack crabs open and eat them the right way. I take a lot of pride in my crab-eating ability.

It's always weird when I meet people who don't know how to crack crabs open and eat them the right way. I take a lot of pride in my crab-eating ability.



Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.



I am going to attack income inequality and I think I have a pretty good plan to do so. I don't just tell you what I'm against. I tell you what I'm for and how I would do it.

I am going to attack income inequality and I think I have a pretty good plan to do so. I don't just tell you what I'm against. I tell you what I'm for and how I would do it.



I'm just happy our nations are on the same page of keeping shitty reality TV on the air. Small world!

I'm just happy our nations are on the same page of keeping shitty reality TV on the air. Small world!



No country can become a nation by producing a race of imitators.

No country can become a nation by producing a race of imitators.



I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.

I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.




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