All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried. Gilbert K. Chesterton Read Quote
