Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

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 hide in the background. I have seen a great deal of patriotism; and I have generally found it the last refuge of the scoundrel.

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When a man ceases to believe in god, he does not believe in nothing. He believes in everything.

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The grinding power of the plain words of the Gospel story is like the power of mill-stones, and those who can read them simply enough will feel as if rocks had been rolled upon them.

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Feminists are those who cannot stand female characteristics.

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The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story.

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The aesthete aims at harmony rather than beauty. If his hair does not match the mauve sunset against which he is standing, he hurriedly dyes his hair another shade of mauve. If his wife does not go with the wall-paper, he gets a divorce.

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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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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

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Earth will grow worse till men redeem it, And wars more evil, ere all wars cease.

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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

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We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end.

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Around every corner is another gift waiting to surprise us, and it will surprise us if we can achieve control over our natural tendencies to make comparisons [to things that are better rather than things that are worse], to take things for granted [rather than imagining how much worse things would be if they weren't there and so feeling grateful], and to feel entitled!

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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

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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 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 him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

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Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which can really be proved.

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No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.

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Life is indeed terribly complicated—to a man who has lost his principles.

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There are no new ideas about female education.

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It is not only possible to say a great deal in praise of play; it is really possible to say the highest things in praise of it. It might reasonably be maintained that the true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

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