Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

The primary paradox of Christianity is that the ordinary condition of man is not his sane or sensible condition; that the normal itself is an abnormality.

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A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.

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Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.

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The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer means being right; it practically means being wrong

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It is better to speak wisdom foolishly like the saints than to speak folly wisely like the deans.

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My life is passed in making bad jokes and seeing them turn into true prophecies.

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The long words are not the hard words, it is the short words that are hard. There is much more metaphysical subtlety in the word "damn" than in the word "degeneration."

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Over-civilization and barbarism are within an inch of each other. And a mark of both is the power of medicine-men.

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"Are you a devil?" "I am a man," answered Father Brown gravely; "and therefore have all devils in my heart."

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The woman does not work because the man tells her to work and she obeys. On the contrary, the woman works because she has told the man to work and he hasn’t obeyed.

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What was wonderful about childhood is that anything in it was a wonder. It was not merely a world full of miracles; it was a miraculous world.

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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.

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The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.

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Education is implication. It is not the things you say which children respect; when you say things, they very commonly laugh and do the opposite. It is the things you assume which really sink into them. It is the things you forget even to teach that they learn.

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Do not be proud of the fact that your grandmother was shocked at something which your are accustomed to seeing or hearing without being shocked. ... It may be that your grandmother was an extremely lively and vital animal and that you are a paralytic.

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To desire money is much nobler than to desire success. Desiring money may mean desiring to return to your country, or marry the woman you love, or ransom your father from brigands. But desiring success must mean that you take an abstract pleasure in the unbrotherly act of distancing and disgracing other men.

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One can no more have a private religion than one can have a private sun or a private moon.

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The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.

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Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.

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I have no right to think for myself. I have no right to think at all.

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