The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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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...

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that...

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that...

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment...

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not...

What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not...

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.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.

A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.

The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to...

The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to...

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is...

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is...

A yawn is a silent shout.

A yawn is a silent shout.

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We...

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We...

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

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...

Journalism largely consists of saying Lord Jones is Dead to people who never knew that...

Journalism largely consists of saying Lord Jones is Dead to people who never knew that...

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to...

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to...

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a...

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a...

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.