
“The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.”
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) The Blue Cross
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)
Source: The Amulet of Samarkand
“The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.”
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) The Blue Cross
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)
“Don’t hit people. Bad things happen.”
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)
Context: A six-year-old will not understand that “By and large it has been demonstrated that violence is counterproductive to the constructive interaction of persons and societies.” True. But a child can better understand that the rule out in the world and in the school is the same: Don’t hit people. Bad things happen. The child must understand this rule is connected to the first rule: People won’t share or play fair if you hit them.
“Bad things happen periodically, and they’re going to happen to somebody. Why not you?”
Source: Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences (1988), Chapter 4, “Whence Innumeracy?” (p. 110)
"1922", p. 196
A Writer's Notebook (1946)
“Many of the good things would never have happened if the bad events hadn't happened first.”
Source: The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying