How quickly revolutions grow old; and, worse still, respectable.
G.K. ChestertonA thing may be too sad to be believed or too wicked to be believed or too good to be believed; but it cannot be too absurd to be believed in this planet of frogs and elephants, of crocodiles and cuttle-fish.
G.K. ChestertonThe riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
G.K. ChestertonAn inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered." - On Running After Ones Hat, All Things Considered, 1908
G.K. ChestertonThinking in isolation and with pride ends in being an idiot.
G.K. ChestertonOh, most unhappy man,' he cried, 'try to be happy! You have red hair like your sister.'
My red hair, like red flames, shall burn up the world,' said Gregory.
A pickpocket is obviously a champion of private enterprise. But it would perhaps be an exaggeration to say that a pickpocket is a champion of private property. The point about Capitalism and Commercialism, as conducted of late, is that they have really preached the extension of business rather than the preservation of belongings; and have at best tried to disguise the pickpocket with some of the virtues of the pirate.
G.K. ChestertonTags: capitalism business theft commerce property goods
Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
G.K. ChestertonI have little doubt that when St. George had killed the dragon he was heartily afraid of the princess.
G.K. ChestertonThere is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.
G.K. ChestertonTags: inspirational fairy-tales
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