There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very...

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very...

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...

The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.

The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then...

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then...

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...

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than...

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than...

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...

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do...

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do...

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

The ordinary scientific man is strictly a sentimentalist. He is a sentimentalist in this essential...

The ordinary scientific man is strictly a sentimentalist. He is a sentimentalist in this essential...

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that...

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that...

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar...

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar...

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.

Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.

I made nothing happen very slowly.

I made nothing happen very slowly.

The great thing about this game is that the bad days are wonderful.

The great thing about this game is that the bad days are wonderful.