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.

G. K. Chesterton
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  2. I felt a Cleaving in my Mind–As if my Brain had split– I tried to match it– Seam by Seam–But could not make it fit. - Emily Dickinson
  3. Open wide the mind's cage-door, She'll dart forth, and cloudward soar. - John Keats
  4. O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. - Gerard Manley Hopkins
  5. If we read the Scriptures, we shall renewed our mind. - Lailah Gifty Akita
More Quotes By G. K. Chesterton
  1. Acceptance is the truest kinship with humanity.
  2. There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right it is the ideal American who is all wrong.
  3. Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.
  4. The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them.
  5. Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
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