One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
G. K. CHESTERTONOne may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
G. K. CHESTERTONNo man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
G. 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.
G. K. CHESTERTONDoing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
G. K. CHESTERTONThere is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
G. K. CHESTERTONReason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
G. K. CHESTERTONWe’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
G. K. CHESTERTONUnless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
G. K. CHESTERTONFaith means believing the unbelievable.
G. K. CHESTERTONTolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
G. K. CHESTERTONIt is always the secure who are humble.
G. K. CHESTERTONGratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
G. K. CHESTERTONTradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
G. K. CHESTERTONAmerica is the only country ever founded on a creed.
G. K. CHESTERTONIt isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
G. K. CHESTERTONCIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
G. K. CHESTERTON