black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.

G. K. Chesterton

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Hard Time Perspective Rain Yourself
The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Believe End Himself Man Problem Worst
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Eyes Heart Intellectual Road
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
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
Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Believe People Tolerance Virtue
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Cosmos Ego Stardom Understand
Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Double Gratitude Happiness Wonder
I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Absence Aware Mindset Presence
A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Death Flow Live Stream Water
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
It is always the secure who are humble.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Humble One Liner Security
We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Boat Each Other Loyalty Terrible
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Age Forget Gold Man
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
If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Argument Judgement Mad Man Worst Yourself

All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More G. K. Chesterton Quotes