“Father Brown: I never said it was always wrong to enter fairyland, I only said it was always dangerous.” — G.K. Chesterton Fairyland Copy Share Image
“All right,” said Father Brown. “I never said it was always wrong to enter fairyland. I only said it was always dangerous.” — G.K. Chesterton Parenting Copy Share Image
“curiously enough, it is the man who likes things as they are who really makes them better. The” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“It is one thing to believe in witches, and quite another to believe in witch-smellers.” — G.K. Chesterton Politics Copy Share Image
“Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“And he set to rhyme his ale-measures, And he sang aloud his laws, Because of the joy of giants, The joy without… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“I do not think that under modern Western materialism we should have anarchy. I doubt whether we should have enough individual valour… — G.K. Chesterton Freedom Copy Share Image
“There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell.” — G.K. Chesterton Prison Copy Share Image
“What are blue-stockings?' asked Tommy. Naturally you don't know,' replied the other. 'If you did, you would sympathize more with Bluebeard. They… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“I have never understood them," he said. "Those two creatures I see everywhere, stumping along the ground, first one and then the… — G.K. Chesterton Animals Copy Share Image
“He is a man, I think," he said, "who cares for nothing but a joke. He is a dangerous man." Lambert laughed… — G.K. Chesterton Danger Copy Share Image
“All the jokes about men sitting down on their hats are really theological jokes; they are concerned with the Dual Nature of… — G.K. Chesterton Dual nature Copy Share Image
“There is one thing that is infinitely more absurd and unpractical than burning a man for his philosophy. This is the habit… — G.K. Chesterton Philosophy Copy Share Image
“It is quaint that people talk about separating dogma from education. Dogma is actually the only thing that cannot be separated from… — G.K. Chesterton Dogma Copy Share Image
“But I thought you believed in miracles,’ broke out the secretary. ‘Yes,’ answered Father Brown, ‘I believe in miracles. I believe in… — G.K. Chesterton Believe in miracles Copy Share Image
“even nursery tales only echo an almost pre-natal leap of interest and amazement. These tales say that apples were golden only to… — G.K. Chesterton Apples Copy Share Image
“Nothing, again, could be more prosaic and impenetrable than the domestic energies of Miss Diana Duke. But Innocent had somehow blundered on… — G.K. Chesterton Business Copy Share Image
“It may be said of Socialism, therefore, that its friends recommended it as increasing equality, while its foes resisted it as decreasing… — G.K. Chesterton Capitalism Copy Share Image
“The publisher said of somebody, 'That man will get on; he believes in himself.' [...] I said to him, 'Shall I tell… — G.K. Chesterton Good man Copy Share Image
“The modern writers who have suggested, in a more or less open manner, that the family is a bad institution, have generally… — G.K. Chesterton Family Copy Share Image
“They say (if I remember rightly) that a public-school man is clean inside and out. As if everyone did not know that… — G.K. Chesterton Business Copy Share Image
“I found, in plain words, that there was no longer any question of clinging to the Protestant faith. It was simply a… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The mass of men have been forced to be gay about the little things, but sad about the big ones. Nevertheless (I… — G.K. Chesterton Frame of mind Copy Share Image
“Then may I ask you to swear by whatever gods or saints your religion involves that you will not reveal what I… — G.K. Chesterton Poetry 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
“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 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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“As it has been well expressed in the paradox of Poe, wisdom should reckon on the unforeseen.” — G.K. Chesterton Paradox Copy Share Image
“You say you are a poet of law; I saw you are a contradiction in terms. I only wonder there were not… — G.K. Chesterton Contradiction Copy Share Image
“For the two things that a healthy person hates most between heaven and hell are a woman who is not dignified and… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“sound historians know that most tyrannies have been possible because men moved too late” — G.K. Chesterton History Copy Share Image
![“The publisher said of somebody, 'That man will get on; he believes in himself.' [...] I said to him, 'Shall I tell you where the men are who believe most in themselves? For I can tell you. I know of men who believe in themselves more colossally than Napoleon or Caesar. I know where flames the…” quote by G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/g-k-chesterton-224_good-man_the-publisher-said-of-somebody-that-man_2044263.jpg)
