“The history of the thing might amuse you," he said. "When first I became one of the New Anarchists I tried all… — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“I scarcely ever," he said, with an unconscious and colossal arrogance, "hear of anything on the face of the earth that I… — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“It's just because I have picked a little about mystics that I have no use for mystagogues. Real mystics don't hide mysteries, they reveal… — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The history of the thing might amuse you," he said. "When first I became one of the New Anarchists I tried all kinds of… — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered." - On Running After Ones Hat, All Things Considered, 1908” — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“People who lose all their charity generally lose all their logic.” — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition. Modesty has settled upon the organ of conviction where it was never meant to be. A… — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“I mean,' he said with increasing vehemence, `that if there be a house for me in heaven it will either have a green lamp-post… — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“But how will you bear an absentminded man who, if he happens to see you, will kill you? That is what tries the nerves,… — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The world will never be safe for democracy—it is a dangerous trade” — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“I was suddenly possessed with the idea that the blind, blank back of his head really was his face—an awful, eyeless face staring at… — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
