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
politician
Every politician is emphatically a promising politician.
get-well recovery healthy
With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.
catholic doubt gone
It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
integrity dry wonder
Contemporary society has become dry, not for lack of wonders but for lack of wonder.
retirement people merit
Thoughts on the Merits of Work The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.
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.
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.