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
reason realism lost
Realism is simply Romanticism that has lost its reason...that is its reason for existing.
hope children dragons
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
men sublime legends
In all legends men have thought of women as sublime separately but horrible in a herd.
joy contentment cottages
We do not want joy and anger to neutralize each other and produce a surly contentment; we want a fiercer delight and a fiercer discontent. We have to feel the universe at once as an ogre's castle, to be stormed, and yet as our own cottage, to which we can return to at evening.
reformers
The Reformer is always right about what's wrong. However, he's often wrong about what is right.
lost-everything reason lost
A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason
missing links knows
All we know of the Missing Link is that he is missing - and he won't be missed either.
men madness be-careful
Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man.
wise men forests
Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. But what does he do if there is no forest? He grows a forest to hide it in.
truth passion beard
You cannot grow a beard in a moment of passion.
pain doe pleasure
Meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain. Meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure.
humility pride impossible
It is impossible without humility to enjoy anything - even pride.
mean point-break soul
For the only courage worth calling courage must necessarily mean that the soul passes a breaking point and does not break.
believe men progress
When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress.