White… is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black… God paints in many colours; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote