...the primary paradox that man is superior to all the things around him and yet is at their mercy. Gilbert K. Chesterton More Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton More Quotes From Gilbert K. Chesterton Cleanliness is not next to godliness nowadays, for cleanliness is made an essential and godliness is regarded as an offence. Gilbert K. Chesterton cleanlinessnextessentials Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. Gilbert K. Chesterton veterans-daystrongcourage 'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.' Gilbert K. Chesterton patrioticmothercountry Men in England are ruled, at this minute by the clock, by brutes who refuse them bread, by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern, and therefore wish to enslave. Gilbert K. Chesterton newsliarsmen Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . . Gilbert K. Chesterton different-thingsdifferentfriendship The eagle has no liberty; he only has loneliness. Gilbert K. Chesterton eagleslibertyloneliness ...there is in life an element of elfin coincidence which people reckoning on the prosaic may perpetually miss. As it has been well expressed in the paradox of Poe, wisdom should reason on the unforeseen. Gilbert K. Chesterton wisdommissingpeople The primary paradox of Christianity is that the ordinary condition of man is not his sane or sensible condition; that the normal itself is an abnormality. Gilbert K. Chesterton normalordinarymen Real development is not leaving things behind, as on a road, but drawing life from them, as from a root. Gilbert K. Chesterton drawingrealroots the object of a new year is not that we should have a new year, but rather that we should have a new soul. Gilbert K. Chesterton new-yearinspirationinspiring Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. Gilbert K. Chesterton respecthumorfunny Let us not decide what is good, but let it be considered good not to decide it. Gilbert K. Chesterton A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. Gilbert K. Chesterton im-sorryforgivenesshurt A modern vegetarian is also a teetotaler, yet there is no obvious connection between consuming vegetables and not consuming fermented vegetables. A drunkard, when lifted laboriously out of the gutter, might well be heard huskily to plead that he had fallen there through excessive devotion to a vegetable diet. Gilbert K. Chesterton guttersconnectionsvegetables I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. Gilbert K. Chesterton leadershipthank-youteacher Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. Gilbert K. Chesterton drawingfunny-friendart Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed. Gilbert K. Chesterton dogmatruthlying Marriage is an adventure, like going to war. Gilbert K. Chesterton funny-lovemarriagecute There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people. Gilbert K. Chesterton i-hate-youignorancepeople 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 successmotivationalinspirational
