Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes & Sayings (Page 13)

“The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.”

“And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet.”

“New roads; new ruts.”

“The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.”

“Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.”

“Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it.”

“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.”

“Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.”

“A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything.”

“Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.”