All government is an ugly necessity.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONAll government is an ugly necessity.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThese are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONIt is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONOne may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONDo not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONA great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONTruths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONA madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONPeople generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONVery few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONAn adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONParadox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONComradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONI don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON