Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.
Quote by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton Quotes
- Dogmatism does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought.
- Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
- Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.
- Coincidences are spiritual puns.
- We make our friends we make our enemies but God makes our next door neighbour.
- If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
- Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
- A stiff apology is a second insult. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.
- Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.
- Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.
Best Quotes
- Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
- They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.
- Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments.
- I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'
- The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.
- Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.
- The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
- If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
- If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.
- Barack Obama doesn't believe in free enterprise. He's never going to admit it. For instance, he's never going to come straight out and say, 'If you own a business you didn't build it.' Alright, maybe he will.