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

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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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...

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.

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.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

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...

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of...

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of...

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.

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern...

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern...

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.

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.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

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...

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

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...

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to...

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to...

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it...

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it...

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one...

The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one...

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing...

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing...