“He walked on the Embankment once under a dark red sunset. The red river reflected the red sky, and they both reflected… — G.K. Chesterton Sunsets Copy Share Image
“A man who thinks a great deal about himself will try to be many-sided, attempt a theatrical excellence at all points, will… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The world can be made beautiful again by viewing it as a battlefield. When we have defined and isolated the evil things,… — G.K. Chesterton Believe in god Copy Share Image
“A few people have ventured to imitate Shakespeare's tragedy. But no audacious spirit has dreamed or dared to imitate Shakespeare's comedy. No… — G.K. Chesterton Comedy Copy Share Image
“Life was a fly that faded, and death a drone that stung; The world was very old indeed when you and I… — G.K. Chesterton Death Copy Share Image
“Take away the supernatural, and what remains is the unnatural.” — G.K. Chesterton Miracles Copy Share Image
“The evil of aristocracy is not that it necessarily leads to the infliction of bad things or the suffering of sad ones;… — G.K. Chesterton Bad thing Copy Share Image
“Our friend Tuesday," said the President in a deep voice at once of quietude and volume, "our friend Tuesday doesn't seem to… — G.K. Chesterton Anarchist Copy Share Image
“It stated that Rome tolerates, in her relation with the Russian Uniats, "strange heresies and even bearded and wedded clergy." In that… — G.K. Chesterton Anti-catholicism Copy Share Image
“There are no rationalists. We all believe fairy-tales, and live in them.” — G.K. Chesterton Logic Copy Share Image
“German soldiers look as if they despised you, but French soldiers as if they despised you and themselves even more that you.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“No man's really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might be; till he's realised exactly how much right… — G.K. Chesterton Criminals Copy Share Image
“Modern tragic writers have to write short stories; if they wrote long stories…cheerfulness would creep in. Such stories are like stings; brief,… — G.K. Chesterton Modern literature Copy Share Image
“It is quite futile to argue that man is small compared to the cosmos; for man was always small compared to the… — G.K. Chesterton Humor Copy Share Image
“Nine out of ten of what we call new ideas are simply old mistakes. The Catholic Church has for one of her… — G.K. Chesterton Failure Copy Share Image
“Lying in bed would be an altogether supreme experience if one only had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Blasphemy is an artistic effect, because blasphemy depends upon a philosophical conviction. Blasphemy depends upon belief and is fading with it. If… — G.K. Chesterton Art Copy Share Image
“Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable… — G.K. Chesterton Diction Copy Share Image
“A fairly clear line separated advertisement from art. The First Effect I should say the first effect of the triumph of the… — G.K. Chesterton Art Copy Share Image
“Does it never strike you that doubt can be a madness, as well as faith? That asking questions may be a disease,… — G.K. Chesterton Asking questions Copy Share Image
“Pride is the downward drag of all things into an easy solemnity. One "settles down" into a sort of selfish seriousness; but… — G.K. Chesterton Pride Copy Share Image
“Adam Wayne, the conqueror, with his face flung back and his mane like a lion's, stood with his great sword point upwards,… — G.K. Chesterton Green trees Copy Share Image
“Sunday is a fixed star," he said. "You shall see him a falling star," said Syme, and put on his hat. The… — G.K. Chesterton Falling star Copy Share Image
“Do you think Friday unlucky? No, I think Friday lucky, All Christian people, whatever their lighter superstitions, have always thought Friday lucky.… — G.K. Chesterton Friday Copy Share Image
