Gilbert Keith Chesterton,(29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer,lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biogr...
There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
No man knows he is young while he is young. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
No man knows he is young while he is young.
Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist see what he has come to see. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist see what he has come to see.
When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.
If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.
A good novel tells us the truth about it's hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
A good novel tells us the truth about it's hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes -- our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking around. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes -- our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking around.