At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONAt the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThere is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONTruths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONArt is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThere are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThere is no better test of a man’s ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong… A stiff apology is a second insult.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONVery few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONLiterature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONI agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONBut the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONScience must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThere are some desires that are not desirable.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONChristianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONIt’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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. CHESTERTONWhen it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON