Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening... - G.K. Chesterton
"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."
"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."
"To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless."
"I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else."
"As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly."
"Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle."
"Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously."