Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
In matters of truth the fact that you don’t want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
