“The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.”
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“There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.”
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“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
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