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
love faith religious
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
support intelligence intuition
A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.
drinking alcohol literature
Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.
thinking opposites serious
Mr. McCabe thinks that I am not serious but only funny, because Mr. McCabe thinks that funny is the opposite of serious. Funny is the opposite of not funny and nothing else.
spiritual art brain
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.
elephants plot odd
One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.
men balance pieces
Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.
fighting fighting-on fighting-for-love
You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
fun angel devil
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.
art contentment artist
A small artist is content with art; a great artist is content with nothing except everything.
writing want matter
In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.
believe natural accepting
...It's natural to believe in the supernatural. It never feels natural to accept only natural things.
mind literature mouths
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
health science always-trying
The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.