Giving Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton

The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Every one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

But since he stood for England And knew what England means, Unless you give him bacon You must not give him beans.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

...it is not necessary to the child to awaken to the sense of the strange and humorous by giving a man a…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Every one on this earth should believe, amid whatever madness or moral failure, that his life and temperament have some object on…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Children feel the whiteness of the lily with a graphic and passionate clearness which we cannot give them at all. The only…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Students of popular science... are always insisting that Christianity and Buddhism are very much alike, especially Buddhism. This is generally believed, and…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

A man making the confession of any creed worth ten minutes' intelligent talk, is always a man who gains something and gives…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

If we want to give poor people soap we must set out deliberately to give them luxuries. If we will not make…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

A good Moslem king was one who was strict in religion, valiant in battle, just in giving judgment among his people, but…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The humorous look of children is perhaps the most endearing of all the bonds that hold the Cosmos together. Their top-heavy dignity…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

We are always giving foreign names to very native things. If there is a thing that reeks of the glorious tradition of…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Busy editors cannot be expected to put on their posters, "Mr. Wilkinson Still Safe," or "Mr. Jones, of Worthing, Not Dead Yet."…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

A man making the confession of any creed worth ten minutes' intelligent talk, is always a man who gains something and gives…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The Byzantines hammered away at their hard and orthodox symbols, because they could not be in a mood to believe that men…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

What is education? Properly speaking, there is no such thing as education. Education is simply the soul of a society as it…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Tradition is only democracy extended through time; it may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

People accuse journalism of being too personal; but to me it has always seemed far too impersonal. It is charged with tearing…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Such professions as the soldier and the lawyer ... give ample opportunity for crimes but not much for mere illusions. ... If…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Every sane man recognises that unlimited liberty is anarchy, or rather is nonentity. The civic idea of liberty is to give the…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Were Patrick Henry to return to earth and look around on the vast economic order of the day, he might revise his…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

THERE are no wise few; for in all men rages the folly of the Fall. Take your strongest, happiest, handsomest, best born,…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton