“I'm afraid I'm a practical man,' said the doctor with gruff humour, 'and I don't bother much about religion and philosophy.' 'You'll… — G.K. Chesterton Humor Copy Share Image
“The modern mind is like the eye of a man who is too tired to see the difference between blue and green.… — G.K. Chesterton Accepting things Copy Share Image
“The world was old and ended: but you and I were gay; Round us in antic order their crippled vices came— Lust… — G.K. Chesterton Fear Copy Share Image
“I had heard that I was in the wrong place, and my soul sang for joy, like a bird in spring.” — G.K. Chesterton Wrong place Copy Share Image
“We read a good novel not in order to know more people, but in order to know fewer. Instead of the humming… — G.K. Chesterton Books Copy Share Image
“The weak point in the whole of Carlyle's case for aristocracy lies, indeed, in his most celebrated phrase. Carlyle said that men… — G.K. Chesterton Original sin Copy Share Image
“It is the one great weakness of journalism as a picture of our modern existence, that it must be a picture made… — G.K. Chesterton Life Copy Share Image
“sound historians know that most tyrannies have been possible because men moved too late” — G.K. Chesterton History Copy Share Image
“When Nietszche says, "A new commandment I give to you, be hard" he is really saying, "A new commandment I give to… — G.K. Chesterton Definition of life Copy Share Image
“The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in… — G.K. Chesterton Poor man Copy Share Image
“If you consulted your business experiences instead of your ugly individualistic philosophy, you would know that believing in himself is one of… — G.K. Chesterton Believe in your self Copy Share Image
“We must make the intellectual world safe for democracy. But in the conditions of modern mental anarchy, neither that nor any other… — G.K. Chesterton Bible Copy Share Image
“Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw… — G.K. Chesterton Black and white Copy Share Image
“The curious culture of the modern suburb will believe anything it is told in the papers about the wickedness of the Pope,… — G.K. Chesterton Adventure Copy Share Image
“But nearly all of the people I have ever met in this western society in which I live would agree to the… — G.K. Chesterton Life Copy Share Image
“The great error consists in supposing that poetry is an unnatural form of language. We should all like to speak poetry at… — G.K. Chesterton Poetry Copy Share Image
“the fundamental things in a man are not the things he explains, but rather the things he forgets to explain.” — G.K. Chesterton Philosophy Copy Share Image
“Wherever men are still theological there is still some chance of their being logical.” — G.K. Chesterton Catholic Copy Share Image
“I never said a word against eminent men of science. What I complain of is a vague popular philosophy which supposes itself… — G.K. Chesterton New-atheism Copy Share Image
“The optimist's pleasure was prosaic, for it dwelt on the naturalness of everything; the Christian pleasure was poetic, for it dwelt on… — 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 Education Copy Share Image
“If a man prefers nothing I can give him nothing. But nearly all people I have ever met in this western society… — G.K. Chesterton Christianity Copy Share Image
“The big commercial concerns of to-day are quite exceptionally incompetent. They will be even more incompetent when they are omnipotent.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
