Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.”

“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.”

“Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.”

“If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.”

“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.”

“There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.”

“When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?”

“It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.”

“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.”

“We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.”