K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
defeat defeated crosses
The cross cannot be defeated for it is defeat.
kings equality men
For religion all men are equal, as all pennies are equal, because the only value of any of them is that they bear the image of the king.
moral modern strengthening
If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.
belief torture martyr
The martyr endured tortures to affirm his belief in truth but he never asserted his disbelief in torture.
passion men postman
Nobody notices postmen, yet they have passions like other men.
suicide thinking today
The strangest whim has seized me ... After all I think I will not hang myself today.
laughter humor ideas
The old idea that the joke was not good enough for the company has been superseded by the new aristocratic idea that the company was not worthy of the joke. They have introduced an almost insane individualism into that one form of intercourse which is specially and uproariously communal. They have made even levities into secrets. They have made laughter lonelier than tears.
wall pride people
O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
able mood
A faith is that which is able to survive a mood.
fighting men happy-marriage
I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.
stories highest good-story
The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story.
wise men wings
I have myself a poetical enthusiasm for pigs, and the paradise of my fancy is one where pigs have wings. But it is only men, especially wise men, who discuss whether pigs can fly; we have no particular proof that pigs ever discuss it.
tired may orthodoxy
It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never gotten tired of making them
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.