K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
dream men thinking
Journalism only tells us what men are doing; it is fiction that tells us what they are thinking, and still more what they are feeling. If a new scientific theory finds the soul of a man in his dreams, at least it ought not to leave out his day-dreams. And all fiction is only a diary of day-dreams instead of days. And this profound preoccupation of men's minds with certain things always eventually has an effect even on the external expression of the age.
humor evil political
For good or evil, a line has been passed in our political history; and something that we have known all our lives is dead. I will take only one example of it: our politicians can no longer be caricatured.
nature adversity mountain-peaks
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
humble kids humility
It is always the secure who are humble.
passion important details
Passion makes every detail important.
modern accepting authority
Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
mistake goes-on world
The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected.
thank-you gratitude appreciation
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
educational people leaving
The coming peril is the intellectual, educational, psychological and artistic overproduction, which, equally with economic overproduction, threatens the well-being of contemporary civilisation. People are inundated, blinded, deafened, and mentally paralysed by a flood of vulgar and tasteless externals, leaving them no time for leisure, thought, or creation from within themselves.
humility hard-work men
What we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place...The old humility was a spur that prevented a man from stopping; not a nail in his boot that prevented him from going on. For the old humility made a man doubtful about his efforts, which made him work harder. But the new humility makes a man doubtful about his aims, which will make him stop working altogether.
beauty broken-heart beautiful
There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.
cities parks committees
I've been to every park in every city and not seen a statue to a committee.
advice events realistic
I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
dream men existence
The center of every man's existence is a dream.