“When duty and religion are really destroyed, it will be by the rich.” — G.K. Chesterton Money Copy Share Image
“When the great Greek cry breaks into the Latin of the Mass, as old as Christianity itself, it may surprise some to… — G.K. Chesterton Christianity Copy Share Image
“It is inspiriting without doubt to whizz in a motor-car round the earth, to feel Arabia as a whirl of sand or… — G.K. Chesterton Nature Copy Share Image
“You do believe it,' he said. 'You do believe everything. We all believe everything, even when we deny everything. The denyers believe.… — G.K. Chesterton Eternal love Copy Share Image
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. A soldier surrounded by enemies, if he is to cut his way out, needs to… — G.K. Chesterton Courage Copy Share Image
“The chicken does not exist only in order to produce another egg. He may also exist to amuse himself, to praise God,… — G.K. Chesterton Chicken Copy Share Image
“One of the Franciscans says later, "A monk should own nothing but his harp"; meaning, I suppose, that he should value nothing… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear… — G.K. Chesterton Children Copy Share Image
“You will not be able rationally to read the Gospel and regard the Crucifixion as an afterthought or an anti-climax or an… — G.K. Chesterton Without u Copy Share Image
“I cannot count the pebbles in the brook. Well hath He spoken: "Swear not by thy head. Thou knowest not the hairs,"… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The old tyrants invoked the past; the new tyrants will invoke the future evolution has produced the snail and the owl; evolution… — G.K. Chesterton Time Copy Share Image
“What we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place. Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition and settled upon… — G.K. Chesterton Christianity Copy Share Image
“But there are some people, nevertheless—and I am one of them—who think that the most practical and important thing about a man… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“She was not in the least afraid of loneliness, because she was not afraid of devils. I think they were afraid of… — G.K. Chesterton Fear Copy Share Image
“Se a servidão é melhor que a liberdade, isso é uma questão a ser discutida. Mas que a servidão dos antigos fez… — G.K. Chesterton Adventure Copy Share Image
“I can imagine no more successful and productive form of manufacture than that of making mountains out of molehills.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Like any man, he was coward enough to fear great force; but he was not quite coward enough to admire it.” — G.K. Chesterton Cowardice Copy Share Image
“Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it… — G.K. Chesterton Open mind Copy Share Image
“I have a suspicion that you are all mad,’ said Dr. Renard, smiling sociably; ‘but God forbid that madness should in any… — G.K. Chesterton Friendship Copy Share Image
“It was the outstanding fact about St. Thomas [Aquinas] that he loved books and lived on books ... When asked for what… — G.K. Chesterton Books Copy Share Image
“In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will… — G.K. Chesterton Fence Copy Share Image
“The worst moment for an atheist is when he is really thankful and has no one to thank.” — G.K. Chesterton Athiesm Copy Share Image
“The pessimist can be enraged at wrong; but only the optimist can be surprised at it.” — G.K. Chesterton Pessimism Copy Share Image
