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G K Chesterton
The lunatic is...
The lunatic is the man who lives in a small world but thinks it is a large one; he is the man who lives in a tenth of...
The dignity of...
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he...
I owe my...
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact...
The full value...
The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted...
If the barricades...
If the barricades went up in our streets and the poor became masters, I think the priests would escape, I fear the...
Mankind is not...
Mankind is not a tribe of animals to which we owe compassion. Mankind is a club to which we owe our...
It is as...
It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.
Source: Generally Speaking, ...
I will not...
I will not call it my philosophy, for I did not make it. God and humanity made it, and it made...
The fatal metaphor...
The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth,...
And they that...
And they that rule in England,
In stately conclave met,
Alas, alas for England
They have no graves as...
The family is...
The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by...
The artistic temperament...
The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. . . . Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid...
If I had...
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.
Source: In...
Science in the...
Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the...
The men that...
The men that worked for England
They have their graves at home.
Source: Elegy in...
What affects men...
What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather...
There is no...
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested...
Literature and fiction...
Literature and fiction are two entirely different things. Literature is a luxury; fiction is a...
The word 'orthodoxy'...
The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer means being right; it practically means being...
If prosperity is...
If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of...