K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
mean half literature
Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.
uncles men perfect
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.
funny religious fall
It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
free-love contradiction term
Free verse is like free love; it is a contradiction in terms.
morning night up-early
Misers get up early in the morning; and burglars, I am informed, get up the night before.
hate if-there-is-a-god christian-inspirational
There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
christian religion morality
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
book world influence
The books that influence the world are those that it has not read.
two people world
There are two kinds of people in the world, the conscious dogmatists and the unconscious dogmatists. I have always found myself that the unconscious dogmatists were by far the most dogmatic.
running ideas nurse
If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other--the idea that peace and happiness can only exist on some condition. This idea, which is the core of ethics, is the core of the nursery-tales.
selfish habit unselfish
Customs are generally unselfish. Habits are nearly always selfish.
madness method
There nearly always is a method in madness.
home might turnips
If you'd take your head home and boil it for a turnip it might be useful. I can't say. But it might.
progress doctrine needs
If we are bound to improve, we need not trouble to improve. The pure doctrine of progress is the best of all reasons for not being a progressive.