K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
mean orthodoxy courageous
The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer means being right; it practically means being wrong
slang streams
The one stream of poetry which is continually flowing is slang.
gratitude duty difficult
Gratitude, being nearly the greatest of human duties, is also nearly the most difficult.
dragons fairy-stories fairy-tale
Fairy tales are more than true ...
party government two
English experience indicates that when the two great political parties agree about something it is generally wrong.
book hero mean
Folk-lore means that the soul is sane, but that the universe is wild and full of marvels. Realism means that the world is dull and full of routine, but that the soul is sick and screaming. The problem of the fairy tale is: what will a healthy man do with a fantastic world? The problems of the modern novel is: what will a madman do with a dull world? In the fairy tales the cosmos goes mad; but the hero does not go mad. In the modern novels the hero is mad before the book begins, and suffers from the harsh steadiness and cruel sanity of the cosmos.
apples noses newton
If the apple hit Newton’s nose, Newton’s nose hit the apple.
christian pain truth
Christian Science … is the direct denial both of science and of Christianity, for Science rests wholly on the recognition of truth and Christianity on the recognition of pain.
christian reckless mass
I represent the jolly mass of mankind. I am the happy and reckless Christian.
facts lines mathematical
It is a mathematical fact that if a line be not perfectly directed towards a point, it will actually go further away from it as it comes nearer to it.
men people house
The best way that a man could test his readiness to encounter the common variety of mankind would be to climb down a chimney into any house at random, and get on as well as possible with the people inside. And that is essentially what each one of us did on the day that he was born.
men games dignity
Humour is meant, in a literal sense, to make game of man; that is, to dethrone him from his official dignity and hunt him like game.
passion selfishness doctrine
It was the mystical dogma of Bentham and Adam Smith and the rest, that some of the worst of human passions would turn out to be all for the best. It was the mysterious doctrine that selfishness would do the work of unselfishness.
party humor play
The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be fairly divided between both sides.