Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONArt is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONOne elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONWhen it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONParadox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONTruths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONEducation is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONOne must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONA crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONI don’t deny,” he said, “that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain strange epochs it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called poets, actually to remind men that they are not dead yet.
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. CHESTERTONDaybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONCatholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONPeople generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe present condition of fame is merely fashion.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONEugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage each other’s.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON