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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: If I did not believe in God, I should still want my doctor, my lawyer and my banker to do so.
         

If I did not believe in God, I should still want my doctor, my lawyer and my banker to do so.


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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.



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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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In an ideal world, the amount of money we spend on medical research to prevent or cure a disease would be proportional to its seriousness and the number of people who suffer from it.

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Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests.



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The true nature of the gods is that of magical images shaped out of the astral plane by mankind's thought, and influenced by the mind.



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The first rule of snooping is to come at it sideways.



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