K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
believe conflict hot keeps
I believe in getting into hot water. I think it keeps you clean.
believe helps hot philosophy water
I believe in getting into hot water - it helps keep you clean.
action believe falls however men unless
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
believe men progress
When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress.
believe doubt modern
The modern materialists are not permitted to doubt; they are forbidden to believe.
military believe army
The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.
believe practice baths
I believe your own accent is inimitable, though I shall practice it in my bath.
believe fundamentals politician
They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my childlike faith in practical politics.
love god believe
Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it.
believe intelligent miracle
There is only one reason an intelligent person doesn't believe in miracles. He or she believes in materialism.
believe people tolerance
Tolerance is a virtue of people who don't believe in anything anymore.
believe artist clouds
Every true artist does feel, consciously or unconsciously, that he is touching transcendental truths; that his images are shadows of things seen through the veil. In other words, the natural mystic does know that there is something there, something behind the clouds or within the trees; but he believes that the pursuit of beauty is the way to find it; that imagination is a sort of incantation that can call it up.
believe men problem
The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
believe opportunity giving
Such professions as the soldier and the lawyer ... give ample opportunity for crimes but not much for mere illusions. ... If you have lost a battle you cannot believe you have won it; if your client is hanged you cannot pretend that you have gotten him off.