Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG, better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox." Time magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth29 May 1874
mind theology humans
To downgrade the human mind is bad theology.
men effort truth-is
The truth is that there are no things for which men will make such herculean efforts as the things of which they know they are unworthy.
spiritual style coincidence
All literary style, especially national style, is made up of such coincidences, which are a spiritual sort of puns. That is why style is untranslatable....
silence needs censorship
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.
ideas catholic may
A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
boat
We're all in the same boat, and we're all seasick.
effort church heresy
Every heresy has been an effort to narrow the Church.
certain one-thing
There is only one thing certain and that is that nothing is certain
taken mad long
A nation is not going mad when it does extravagant things, so long as it does them in an extravagant spirit. But whenever we see things done wildly, but taken tamely, then the State is growing insane...
real science doctors
I despise Birth-Control first because it is ... an entirely meaningless word; and is used so as to curry favour even with those who would first recoil from its real meaning. The proceeding these quack doctors recommend does not control any birth. ...
healing problem blind
It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem. They can't see the problem if they are looking in the wrong place. They can't see the problem if they have blinders on - for 'none are so blind as those that will not see'.
men optimism bones
Circumstances break men's bones; it has never been shown that they break men's optimism.
legends chiefs century
It is the chief value of legend to mix up the centuries while preserving the sentiment.
complaining rich poor
The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all.