Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

The new school of art and thought does indeed wear an air of audacity, and breaks out everywhere into blasphemies, as if it required any courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Courage Quotes , Art Quotes

The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The virtues have gone mad because they have been isolated from each other and are wandering alone. Thus some scientists care for truth; and their truth is pitiless. Thus some humanitarians only care for pity; and their pity (I am sorry to say) is often untruthful.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Christian Quotes , Sorry Quotes

Individually, men may present a more or less rational appearance, eating, sleeping, and scheming. But humanity a a whole is changeful, mystical, fickle, delightful. Men are men, but Man is a woman.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Sleep Quotes , Men Quotes

But there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , News Quotes , Paradise Quotes

As to the doubt of the soul I discover it to be false: a mood not a conclusion. My conclusion is the Faith. Corporate, organized, a personality, teaching. A thing, not a theory. It.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Teaching Quotes , Personality Quotes

Because our expression is imperfect we need friendship to fill up the imperfections.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Friendship Quotes , Expression Quotes

Not only is suicide a sin, it is the sin. It is the ultimate and absolute evil, the refusal to take an interest in existence; the refusal to take the oath of loyalty to life. The man who kills a man, kills a man. The man who kills himself, kills all men. As far as he is concerned he wipes out the world.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Loyalty Quotes , Suicide Quotes

The thing that cannot be defined is the first thing; the primary fact.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Science Quotes , Technology Quotes

Realism is simply Romanticism that has lost its reason...that is its reason for existing.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Reason Quotes , Lost Quotes

Pride juggles with her toppling towers, They strike the sun and cease, But the firm feet of humility They grip the ground like trees.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Humility Quotes , Pride Quotes

I should favour anything that would increase the present enormous authority of women and their creative action in their own homes. The average woman...is a despot; the average man is a serf.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Women Quotes , Home Quotes

Gluttony is a great fault; but we do not necessarily dislike a glutton. We only dislike the glutton when he becomes a gourmet-that is, we only dislike him when he not only wants the best for himself, but knows what is best for other people.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Food Quotes , People Quotes

Hope means expectancy when things are otherwise hopeless.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Hope Quotes , Mean Quotes

The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Christmas Quotes , Gratitude Quotes

Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Faith Quotes , Inspiration Quotes

If a man does not talk to himself, it is because he is not worth talking to.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Men Quotes , Talking Quotes

If we could destroy custom at a blow and see the stars as a child sees them, we should need no other apocalypse.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Inspirational Quotes , Nature Quotes

Free verse'? You may as well call sleeping in a ditch 'free architecture'.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Sleep Quotes , May Quotes

The martyr endured tortures to affirm his belief in truth but he never asserted his disbelief in torture.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Belief Quotes , Torture Quotes