“The huge modern heresy is to alter the human soul to fit modern social conditions, instead of altering modern social conditions to… — G.K. Chesterton 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 Copy Share Image
“There is only one thing that can never go past a certain point in its alliance with oppression--and that is orthodoxy. I… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Is it possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening "Do it again" to the… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“I perceive that it is far more practical to begin at the beginning and discuss theories. I see that the men who… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Every man has forgotten who he is. One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“An historic institution, which never went right, is really quite much of a miracle as an institution that cannot go wrong.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“I never use paradox. The statements I make are wearisome and obvious common sense. I have even been driven to the tedium of reading… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Nothing, again, could be more prosaic and impenetrable than the domestic energies of Miss Diana Duke. But Innocent had somehow blundered on the discovery… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The mass of men have been forced to be gay about the little things, but sad about the big ones. Nevertheless (I offer my… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“ask yourself how many people you have met who grumbled at a thing as incurable, and how many who attacked it as curable? How… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Internationalism is in any case hostile to democracy….The only purely popular government is local, and founded on local knowledge. The citizens can rule the… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“There was a short railway official travelling up to the terminus, three fairly short market-gardeners picked up two stations afterwards, one very short widow… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Man, by a blind instinct, knew that if once things were wildly questioned, reason could be questioned first. The authority of priests to absolve,… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“It is idle to talk always of the alternative of reason and faith. Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
