G.K Chesterton Quotes
10 quotes
G.K Chesterton
English writer and philosopher known for wit and paradox
10 Quotes
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese
— Alarms and Discursions, The Poet and the Cheese
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people
— Heretics, Chapter 3: On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly
— Orthodoxy, Chapter 7
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him
— Orthodoxy, Chapter 9: Authority and the Adventurer
An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered
— All Things Considered, On Running After One's Hat
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
— A Short History of England, Chapter 8
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another
— The Future of Education, from The Illustrated London News, July 1929
Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame
— Orthodoxy, Chapter 4: The Ethics of Elfland
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid
— Autobiography, Chapter 16
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried
— What's Wrong with the World