All Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
- The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. Been
- Marriage is an adventure, like going to war. Adventure
- Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. Art
- Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all. All
- Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. Education
- Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. Aristocracy
- One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. Acceptance
- The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if… Aim
- The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself. Christian
- I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. Advice
- There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong. All
- It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem. Funny
- The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it. Catching
- Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power… Adventure
- If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride. Inspirational
- The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should… Call
- No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete. Best
- The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. All
- Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. Bravery
- There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. Architecture
- A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. Author
- An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered. Adventure
- I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees. All
- There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. Earth
- Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously. Danger