The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take a healthy view of it or, better still, feel a healthy indifference to it. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote