“It is one thing to believe in witches, and quite another to believe in witch-smellers.” — G.K. Chesterton Politics Copy Share Image
“The Catholic Church is the only thing which saves a man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales say that apples were golden only to refresh the forgotten moment when we found that they were green. They make… — G.K. Chesterton Fairy tale Copy Share Image
“No,” said the other priest; “reason is always reasonable, even in the last limbo, in the lost borderland of things. I know… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the… — G.K. Chesterton Mathematics Copy Share Image
“In the best Utopia, I must be prepared for the moral fall of any man in any position at any moment; especially… — G.K. Chesterton Character Copy Share Image
“We all disapprove of prostitution; but we do not all approve of purity. The only way to discuss the social evil is… — G.K. Chesterton Evil Copy Share Image
“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.” — G.K. Chesterton Cheese Copy Share Image
“A saint is long past any desire for distinction; he is the only sort of superior man who has never been a… — G.K. Chesterton Superior man Copy Share Image
“In one sense, at any rate, it is more valuable to read bad literature than good literature. Good literature may tell us… — G.K. Chesterton Books Copy Share Image
“The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The… — G.K. Chesterton Business Copy Share Image
“The telescope makes the world smaller; it is only the microscope that makes it larger. Before long the world will be cloven… — G.K. Chesterton Small things Copy Share Image
“Really," said Gregory superciliously, "the examples you choose–" "I beg your pardon," said Syme grimly, "I thought we had abolished all conventions.” — G.K. Chesterton Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“to be breakable is not the same as to be perishable. Strike a glass and it will not endure an instant; simply… — G.K. Chesterton Thousand years Copy Share Image
“Everybody talks about foul dens and filthy slums in which crime can run riot; but it's just the other way. They are… — G.K. Chesterton Crime Copy Share Image
“How did people come to chant rude poems while pulling certain ropes or gathering certain fruit, and why did nobody do anything… — G.K. Chesterton Poetry Copy Share Image
“And the greatest of the poets, when he defined the poet, did not say that he gave us the universe or the… — G.K. Chesterton Language Copy Share Image
“Much of our modern difficulty, in religion and other things, arises merely from this: that we confuse the word "indefinable" with the… — G.K. Chesterton Next door Copy Share Image
“Now the best relation to our spiritual home is to be near enough to love it. But the next best is to… — G.K. Chesterton Apologetics Copy Share Image
“If our life is ever really as beautiful as a fairy tale, we shall have to remember that all the beauty of… — G.K. Chesterton Beauty Copy Share Image
“The devotee is entirely free to criticise; the fanatic can safely be a sceptic. Love is not blind; that is the last… — G.K. Chesterton Love Copy Share Image
“A martyr is a man who cares so much for something outside him, that he forgets his own personal life. A suicide… — G.K. Chesterton Personal life Copy Share Image
“The whole point of education is that it should give a man abstract and eternal standards, by which he can judge material… — G.K. Chesterton Comparison Copy Share Image
“We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.” — G.K. Chesterton Appreciation Copy Share Image
Private lives are more important than public reputations. — G.K. Chesterton Private life Copy Share Image
