Best Gilbert K. Chesterton Wisdom
- I have formed a very clear conception of patriotism. I have generally found it thrust into the foreground by some fellow who has something to… Background
- There cannot be a nation of millionaires, and there never has been a nation of Utopian comrades; but there have been any number of nations… Any
- All government is an ugly necessity. All
- It is hard to make government representative when it is also remote. Funny
- It is a good sign in a nation when things are done badly. It shows that all the people are doing them. And it is… All
- The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the… Business
- I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations. Anything Wrong
- With all that we hear of American hustle and hurry, it is rather strange that Americans seem to like to linger on longer words. All
- It is true that I am of an older fashion; much that I love has been destroyed or sent into exile. Been
- I think the oddest thing about the advanced people is that, while they are always talking about things as problems, they have hardly any notion… Advanced
- There have been household gods and household saints and household fairies. I am not sure that there have yet been any factory gods or factory… Any
- Over-civilization and barbarism are within an inch of each other. And a mark of both is the power of medicine-men. Barbarism
- By experts in poverty I do not mean sociologists, but poor men. Culture
- The modern city is ugly not because it is a city but because it is not enough of a city, because it is a jungle,… Anarchic
- Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government. Culture
- A man imagines a happy marriage as a marriage of love; even if he makes fun of marriages that are without love, or feels sorry… Feels Sorry
- The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis. Crisis
- A good man's work is effected by doing what he does, a woman's by being what she is. Doe
- Women have a thirst for order and beauty as for something physical; there is a strange female power of hating ugliness and waste as good… Bad
- One of the chief uses of religion is that it makes us remember our coming from darkness, the simple fact that we are created. Chief
- Theology is only thought applied to religion. Applied
- Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake. Creditable
- What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my… Body
- Any one thinking of the Holy Child as born in December would mean by it exactly what we mean by it; that Christ is not… Any
- The more we are proud that the Bethlehem story is plain enough to be understood by the shepherds, and almost by the sheep, the more… Bethlehem
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