The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
Journalism largely consists of saying ‘Lord Jones is Dead’ to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
