To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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Coincidences are spiritual puns.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

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.

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...

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root...

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root...

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.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

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...

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not...

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not...

New roads; new ruts.

New roads; new ruts.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man...

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man...

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

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.

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.

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven...

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven...

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished...

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished...

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...