“An historic institution, which never went right, is really quite much of a miracle as an institution that cannot go wrong.” — G.K. Chesterton Catholic Copy Share Image
“I can hardly conceive of any educated man believing in God at all without believing that God contains in Himself every perfection… — G.K. Chesterton Educated man Copy Share Image
“The Fear of the Lord, that is the beginning of wisdom, and therefore belongs to the beginnings, and is felt in the… — G.K. Chesterton Aquinas Copy Share Image
“We say that the dangerous criminal is the educated criminal. We say that the most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless… — G.K. Chesterton Crime Copy Share Image
“He has broken the conventions, but he has kept the commandments. It” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“We now have a strong desire for living combined with a strange carelessness about dying. We desire life like water and yet… — G.K. Chesterton Death Copy Share Image
“How can we say that the Church wishes to bring us back into the Dark Ages? The Church was the only thing… — G.K. Chesterton Church Copy Share Image
“mankind have hitherto held the bond between man and woman so sacred, and the effect of it on the children so incalculable,… — G.K. Chesterton Children Copy Share Image
“A Second Childhood.” When all my days are ending And I have no song to sing, I think that I shall not… — G.K. Chesterton Childhood Copy Share Image
“It is not true that we have never been broken. We have been broken upon the wheel. It is not true that… — G.K. Chesterton Happiness Copy Share Image
“Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.” — G.K. Chesterton Journalism Copy Share Image
“We’re all really dependent in nearly everything, and we all make a fuss about being independent in something.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The Donkey When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was blood Then surely… — G.K. Chesterton Donkey Copy Share Image
“She knew him only slightly; but she liked him. He did not encourage her psychic views; quite the contrary; but he discouraged… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The madman's explanation of a thing is always complete, and often in a purely rational sense satisfactory. Or, to speak more strictly,… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“We say that the most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially… — G.K. Chesterton Crime 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
“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 Independent thinking Copy Share Image
“I told Mr. Rook you were disinherited and he rushed back to help you. Mr. Rook is a rather remarkable person.” “Oh,… — G.K. Chesterton Honour Copy Share Image
“When I had a look at the lights of Broadway by night, I said to my American friends : "What a glorious… — G.K. Chesterton Friendship Copy Share Image
“To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school. Nor can I imagine anything that would do humanity… — G.K. Chesterton Strength Copy Share Image
“Whatever the word "great" means, Dickens was what it means. Even the fastidious and unhappy who cannot read his books without a… — G.K. Chesterton Books Copy Share Image
