black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.

G. K. Chesterton

O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Division Earth Ourselves People Pride
The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Establishment Myself Religion Rule Wild
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Choice Deep Difficult Reality Right
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Fear God Man Scare Thinking
The test of happiness is gratitude.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Gratitude Happiness Test
We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press… It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Deep Media Silence Validation
The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Battle Divine Fight God Lose Oneself Perfection
The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Goodness Man Meaning Necessary Time Word
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Angel Devil Faith Force Forget Fun Gravity Himself Light
We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Earth Exception Nature Wonder
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Hope Inspirational Magic Miracle
We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Instruction Need Reminder
When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
G. K. CHESTERTON

Belief Difficult God Heaven Himself
I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Compatible Fight Happiness Man Marriage Survival Woman
When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Atheist Believe Choice God Man Mindset

The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More G. K. Chesterton Quotes