G.K. Chesterton Quotes
10 quotes
G.K. Chesterton
English writer, philosopher, and lay theologian, renowned for humor and insight
10 Quotes
Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions
— Illustrated London News, November 19, 1932
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese
— Alarms and Discursions, Essay: Cheese
A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it
— The Everlasting Man, Part I, Chapter VII: The War of the Gods and Demons
Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly
— Orthodoxy, Chapter 7: The Eternal Revolution
An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.
— All Things Considered, On Running After One’s Hat
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
— G.K. Chesterton's Autobiography, Chapter VIII
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 IX
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.
— What's Wrong with the World, Part I, Chapter V
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
— Illustrated London News, January 14, 1911
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people
— Heretics, Chapter 2: On the Negative Spirit