What did Gilbert K. Chesterton mean by: The modern materialists are not permitted to doubt; they are forbidden to believe. Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy
Circumstances break men’s bones; it has never been shown that they break men’s optimism. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Adversity, Optimism, Resilience, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Certainty, Morality, Suffering, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
Lord! what a strange world in which a man cannot remain unique even by taking the trouble to go mad! Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Identity, Madness, Society, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
I am not fighting a hopeless fight. People who have fought in real fights don’t, as a rule. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Experience, Optimism, Resilience, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
The Universe is the most extraordinary masterpiece ever constructed by nobody. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Creation, Existence, Wonder, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Danger, Education, Ignorance, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Belief, Close-mindedness, Limitation, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Truth, Vice, Virtue, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
What is your religion? I mean-not what you know about religion but the belief that helps you most? George Eliot Author · England
