“What again could this astonishing thing be like which people were so anxious to contradict, that in doing so they did not… — G.K. Chesterton Christianity Copy Share Image
“Stories of magic alone can express my sense that life is not only a pleasure but a kind of eccentric privilege.” — G.K. Chesterton Eccentric Copy Share Image
“Moderation is not a compromise; moderation is a passion; the passion of great judges.” — G.K. Chesterton Moderation 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 Saint Copy Share Image
“Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.” — G.K. Chesterton Dead people Copy Share Image
“I don't want the universe broken up just yet," drawled the Marquis. "I want to do a lot of beastly things before… — G.K. Chesterton Want Universe Copy Share Image
“We ought not give ourselves the benefit of the doubt if we plan on doubting everything else.” — G.K. Chesterton Benefit of the doubt Copy Share Image
“Unhappy! of course you'll be unhappy. Who the devil are you that you shouldn't be unhappy, like the mother that bore you?” — G.K. Chesterton Happiness Copy Share Image
“A man who is perpetually thinking of whether this race or that race is strong, of whether this cause or that cause… — G.K. Chesterton Perpetually 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 Contradiction Copy Share Image
“For instance, the writer of whom I speak indulges in the millionth mechanical repetition of the charge of mechanical repetition. He says… — G.K. Chesterton Prayer Copy Share Image
“For with any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation. There comes a certain point in such conditions when… — G.K. Chesterton Crisis Copy Share Image
“Where does a wise man hide a pebble?" And the tall man answered in a low voice: "On the beach." The small… — G.K. Chesterton Small man Copy Share Image
“Then the small man suddenly ran after them and said: "I want to get my haircut. I say, do you know a… — G.K. Chesterton Hair cut Copy Share Image
“No man should leave in the universe anything of which he is afraid...who would condescend to strike down the mere things that… — G.K. Chesterton Fear Copy Share Image
“Through all this ordeal his root horror had been isolation, and there are no words to express the abyss between isolation and… — G.K. Chesterton Camaraderie Copy Share Image
“The fierce poet of the Middle Ages wrote, "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here," over the gates of the lower world.… — G.K. Chesterton Hope Copy Share Image
“And it did certainly appear that the prophets had put the people (engaged in the old game of Cheat the Prophet) in… — G.K. Chesterton Prophets Copy Share Image
“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 Good men Copy Share Image
“So far as he could prevent it, Dickens never permitted a day of his life to be ordinary. There was always some… — G.K. Chesterton Comedy Copy Share Image
“It is very currently suggested that the modern man is the heir of all the ages, that he has got the good… — G.K. Chesterton Modern man 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 Apocalypse Copy Share Image
“Nine times out of ten a man’s broad-mindedness is necessarily the narrowest thing about him. This is not particularly paradoxical; it is,… — G.K. Chesterton Broad mindedness Copy Share Image
“I suppose I do deserve it; for not noticing the nearest helpers I have. But you must admit the accumulation of incidents… — G.K. Chesterton Blank page Copy Share Image
“Weak if we were and foolish, not thus we failed, not thus; When that black Baal blocked the heavens he had no… — G.K. Chesterton Weak Copy Share Image
“He had the notion that because I am a clergyman I should believe anything. Many people have little notions of that kind.… — G.K. Chesterton Clergyman Copy Share Image
“And the second as an old man might say it about the weather; not without sincerity but certainly without fervour.” — G.K. Chesterton Old man Copy Share Image
“The central idea of the great part of the Old Testament may be called the idea of the loneliness of God.” — G.K. Chesterton Bible 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
“For those in whom a mere reaction has thus become an obsession, I do seriously recommend the imaginative effort of conceiving the… — G.K. Chesterton Curious Copy Share Image
“Solemnity flows out of men naturally; but laughter is a leap. It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light.” — G.K. Chesterton Laughter Copy Share Image
“The gentlemen are up there, sare," he said. "They do talk and they do laugh at what they talk. They do say… — G.K. Chesterton Bombs 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 Conventions Copy Share Image
“In short, we do not get good laws to restrain bad people. We get good people to restrain bad laws.” — G.K. Chesterton Bad laws Copy Share Image
“Of course sane people always thought the aim of marriage was the procreation of children to the glory of God or according… — G.K. Chesterton Children 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 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 Breakable 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
“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 German soldiers Copy Share Image
“There is only one thing that that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.” — G.K. Chesterton Courage Copy Share Image
