I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the...

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the...

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide...

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide...

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.

Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us...

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us...

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort...

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort...

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly...

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly...

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger...

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger...

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness...

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness...

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine...

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine...

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity...

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity...

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates...

Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates...

I can tell you that the Canadian intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been providing...

I can tell you that the Canadian intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been providing...

It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.