K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
wise men forests
Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. But what does he do if there is no forest? He grows a forest to hide it in.
truth passion beard
You cannot grow a beard in a moment of passion.
pain doe pleasure
Meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain. Meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure.
humility pride impossible
It is impossible without humility to enjoy anything - even pride.
mean point-break soul
For the only courage worth calling courage must necessarily mean that the soul passes a breaking point and does not break.
believe men progress
When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress.
school support moral
As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly.
motivational encouraging cheerful
Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.
men two house
The Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle
errors
Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
accepting shots
Even a bad shot is dignified when he accepts a duel.
men rome
Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.
progress democracy minorities
Democracy is reproached with saying that the majority is always right. But progress says that the minority is always right.
horse thinking race
Americans have a taste for…rocking-chairs. A flippant critic might suggest that they select rocking-chairs so that, even when they are sitting down, they need not be sitting still. Something of this restlessness in the race may really be involved in the matter; but I think the deeper significance of the rocking-chair may still be found in the deeper symbolism of the rocking-horse. I think there is behind all this fresh and facile use of wood a certain spirit that is childish in the good sense of the word; something that is innocent, and easily pleased.