Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG, better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox." Time magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth29 May 1874
Gilbert K. Chesterton quotes about
grateful waiting feelings
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!
telescopes world microscopes
The telescope makes the world smaller; it is only the microscope that makes it larger.
steps stories certain
With every step of our lives we enter into the middle of some story which we are certain to misunderstand.
divine-revelation revelations theologian
A good joke is the closest thing we have to divine revelation.
modern accepting authority
Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
filled-up acting next
I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead.
puritan righteous persons
A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.
half vices allies
The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.
choices soul morality
What we call emancipation is always and of necessity simply the free choice of the soul between one set of limitations and another.
corporations efficiency bigs
The big corporation is not in the least remarkable for efficiency; it is only too big to be blamed for its inefficiency.
defeated disadvantages conqueror
Faith is always at a disadvantage; it is a perpetually defeated thing which survives all conquerors.
cosmos would-be hammers
How much happier you would be, how much more of you there would be, if the hammer of a higher God could smash your small cosmos.
imagination mind forget
All things are from God; and above all, reason and imagination and the great gifts of the mind. They are good in themselves; and we must not altogether forget their origin even in their perversion.
wild-places mind way
The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.