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...
The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. He is the man who has lost everything except his reason. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. He is the man who has lost everything except his reason.
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.
Marriage is an adventure, like going to war. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.
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.
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.
You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.
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.
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.
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.
No man knows he is young while he is young. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
No man knows he is young while he is young.
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.