"It is the friction of two spiritual things,……" — Gilbert K. Chesterton
"It is the friction of two spiritual things, of tradition and invention, or of substance and symbol, from which the mind takes fire. The creeds condemned as complex have something like the secret of sex; they can breed thoughts."
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
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