“In so far as religion is gone, reason is going. For they are both of the same primary and authoritative kind. They… — G.K. Chesterton Logic Copy Share Image
“Human nature simply cannot subsist without a hope and aim of some kind; as the sanity of the Old Testament truly said,… — G.K. Chesterton Dreams Copy Share Image
“Whether the human mind can advance or not, is a question too little discussed, for nothing can be more dangerous than to… — G.K. Chesterton Human mind Copy Share Image
“This man's spiritual power has been precisely this, that he has distinguished between custom and creed. He has broken the conventions, but… — G.K. Chesterton Commandments Copy Share Image
“And yet the thing hangs in the heavens unhurt. Its opponents only succeed in destroying all that they themselves justly hold dear.… — G.K. Chesterton Political courage Copy Share Image
“It was the outstanding fact about St. Thomas [Aquinas] that he loved books and lived on books ... When asked for what… — G.K. Chesterton Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Perhaps we are both doing what we think right. But what we think right is so damned different that there can be… — G.K. Chesterton Death Copy Share Image
“As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity. Indigenous humans have always been sane… — G.K. Chesterton Health Copy Share Image
“It's bad enough that a gang of infernal Jews should plant us here, where there's no earthly English interest to serve, and… — G.K. Chesterton Judaism Copy Share Image
“The test of all happiness is gratitude; and I felt grateful, though I hardly knew to whom. Children are grateful when Santa… — G.K. Chesterton Birthday Copy Share Image
“This very pride in keeping his word was that he was keeping it to miscreants. It was his last triumph over these… — G.K. Chesterton Dark room Copy Share Image
“I cannot count the pebbles in the brook. Well hath He spoken: "Swear not by thy head. Thou knowest not the hairs,"… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The curse that came before history has laid on us all a tendency to be weary of wonders. If we saw the… — G.K. Chesterton Darkness Copy Share Image
“The man who said, "Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed," put the eulogy quite inadequately and… — G.K. Chesterton Eulogy Copy Share Image
“I do not know by what extraordinary mental accident modern writers so constantly connect the idea of progress with the idea of… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The truth is, I think, that they are caught in a sort of argument in a circle. Their vague philosophy says to… — G.K. Chesterton Man and woman Copy Share Image
“But anyhow it is true that this, which is our first poem, might very well be our last poem too. It might… — G.K. Chesterton Poem Copy Share Image
“It has been proved a hundred times over that if you really wish to enrage people and make them angry, even unto… — G.K. Chesterton Death Copy Share Image
“Whatever we may think of the merits of torturing children for pleasure, and no doubt there is much to be said on… — G.K. Chesterton Children Copy Share Image
“There was something that He hid from all men, when he went up a mountain to pray. There was something that he… — G.K. Chesterton Christ Copy Share Image
“Fairyland is nothing but the sunny country of common sense. It is not earth that judges heaven, but heaven that judges earth;… — G.K. Chesterton Fairyland Copy Share Image
“What is the modern mind?" asked Grant. "Oh, it's enlightened, you know, and progressive --and faces the facts of life seriously." At… — G.K. Chesterton Comedy Copy Share Image
“If you let loose a law, it will do as a dog does. It will obey its own nature, not yours. Such… — G.K. Chesterton Law Copy Share Image
“One would think it would be most unwise in a man to be afraid of a skeleton, since Nature has set curious… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“We will have have the dead at our councils. The ancient Greeks voted by stones; these shall vote by tombstones. It is… — G.K. Chesterton Ancient greek Copy Share Image
“The telescope makes the world smaller; it is only the microscope that makes it larger. Before long the world will be cloven… — G.K. Chesterton Small things Copy Share Image
“To accept everything is an exercise, to understand everything a strain. The poet only desires exaltation and expansion, a world to stretch… — G.K. Chesterton Fitness Copy Share Image
“Our existence may not be an intelligible justice, or even a recognizable wrong. But our existence is still a story. In the… — G.K. Chesterton Existence Copy Share Image
“Most of the women were of the kind vaguely called emancipated, and professed some protest against male supremacy. Yet these new women… — G.K. Chesterton Feminism Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales say that apples were golden only to refresh the forgotten moment when we found that they were green. They make… — G.K. Chesterton Apples Copy Share Image
“Who are you?' he asked suddenly. I'm not sure,' replied the other. 'I rather think I am your long-lost brother.' But I… — G.K. Chesterton Brother Copy Share Image
“The evil of aristocracy is not that it necessarily leads to the infliction of bad things or the suffering of sad ones;… — G.K. Chesterton Aristocracy Copy Share Image
“Who would condescend to strike down the mere things he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like… — G.K. Chesterton Bravado Copy Share Image
“Why is it," he asked vaguely, "that I think you are quite a decent fellow? Why do I positively like you, Gregory?"… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“I believe firmly in the value of all vulgar notions, especially of vulgar jokes. When once you have got hold of a… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The Skeleton Chattering finch and water-fly Are not merrier than I; Here among the flowers I lie Laughing everlastingly. No: I may… — G.K. Chesterton Death Copy Share Image
“Thought only destroys because it broadens. A man’s brain is a bomb,” he cried out, loosening suddenly his strange passion and striking… — G.K. Chesterton Brain Copy Share Image
“This is not a university town full of philosophies; it is a Zion of the hundred sieges raging with religions; not a… — G.K. Chesterton Philosophy Copy Share Image
“I have wondered,' said the Marquis, taking a great bite out of a slice of bread and jam, 'whether it wouldn't be… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Charity means pardoning what is unpardonable, or it is no virtue at all. Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it… — G.K. Chesterton Faith Copy Share Image
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