I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man unless they act.
— G. K. Chesterton
Famous Quotes
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
— G. K. Chesterton
Famous Quotes
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
Reason is always a kind of brute force; those who appeal to the head rather than the heart, however pallid and polite, are necessarily men of violence. We speak of 'touching' a man's heart, but we can do nothing to his head but hit it.
— G. K. Chesterton
Philosophy
The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel.
— G. K. Chesterton
Philosophy
The simplification of anything is always sensational.
— G. K. Chesterton
Creativity
He is only a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of the Conservative.
— G. K. Chesterton
Conservative
There is only one thing that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.