“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
“Every man, however wise, who begins by worshipping success, must end in mere mediocrity. This strange and paradoxical fate is involved, not… — G.K. Chesterton Every man Copy Share Image
“A hunger for civilization is an appetite not easily appreciated now, when people are so overcivilized that they can only have a… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“One would think it would be most unwise in a man to be afraid of a skeleton, since Nature has set curious… — G.K. Chesterton Fear Copy Share Image
“But again I seem to hear, like a kind of echo, an answer from beyond the world. 'You will have real obligations,… — G.K. Chesterton Adventure Copy Share Image
“Every man has forgotten who he is. One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than… — G.K. Chesterton Every 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 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
“Jones had a dog; it had a chain; Not often worn, not causing pain; But, as the I.K.L. had passed Their 'Unleashed… — G.K. Chesterton Isle of wight Copy Share Image
“We have all read in scientific books, and, indeed, in all romances, the story of the man who has forgotten his name.… — G.K. Chesterton Amnesia Copy Share Image
“It is cold anarchy to say that all men are to meddle in all men's marriages. It is cold anarchy to say… — G.K. Chesterton Anarchy Copy Share Image
“The old Monophysite sect declared that Christ had only the one divine nature. The new Monophysite sect declares that He had only… — G.K. Chesterton Divine nature Copy Share Image
“Have they [the agnostics] produced in their universality anything grander or more beautiful than the things uttered by the fierce Ghibbeline Catholic,… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“My best friends are all either bottomless skeptics or quite uncontrollable believers . . . .” — G.K. Chesterton Best friend Copy Share Image
“Our civilization has decided, and very justly decided, that determining the guilt or innocence of men is a thing too important to… — G.K. Chesterton Solar system Copy Share Image
“I do not say that there are no stronger men than these; but will any one say that there are any men… — G.K. Chesterton Freedom Copy Share Image
“I do not, in my private capacity, believe that a baby gets his best physical food by sucking his thumb; nor that… — G.K. Chesterton Good thing Copy Share Image
“The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and… — G.K. Chesterton Character Copy Share Image
“Whenever he gives advice it is always something as startling as an epigram, and yet as practical as the Bank of England.” — G.K. Chesterton Phrasing Copy Share Image
“Another savage trait of our time is the disposition to talk about material substances instead of about ideas. The old civilisation talked… — G.K. Chesterton Blame Copy Share Image
“for the definition of a law is: something that can be broken” — G.K. Chesterton Law Copy Share Image
“Just as we all like love tales because there is an instinct of sex, we all like astonishing tales because they touch… — G.K. Chesterton Books Copy Share Image
“The test of all happiness is gratitude; and I felt grateful, though I hardly knew to whom. Children are grateful when Santa… — G.K. Chesterton Birthday Copy Share Image
“The soldier must be calm in the thick of the battle," pursued the policeman. "The composure of an army is the anger… — G.K. Chesterton Serenity Copy Share Image
