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
humble men sea
To the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sun is really a sun; to the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sea is really a sea.
simple men suffering
I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.
tired men water
All men thirst to confess their crimes more than tired beasts thirst for water; but they naturally object to confessing them while other people, who have also committed the same crimes, sit by and laugh at them.
believe sacred morality
Truth is sacred; and if you tell the truth too often nobody will believe it.
half vices allies
The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.
men good-man morality
It's not that we don't have enough scoundrels to curse; it's that we don't have enough good men to curse them.
christmas people wake-up
The great majority of people will go on observing forms that cannot be explained; they will keep Christmas Day with Christmas gifts and Christmas benedictions; they will continue to do it; and some day suddenly wake up and discover why.
christmas kings dark
The more we are proud that the Bethlehem story is plain enough to be understood by the shepherds, and almost by the sheep, the more do we let ourselves go, in dark and gorgeous imaginative frescoes or pageants about the mystery and majesty of the Three Magian Kings.
christmas turkeys life-and-death
What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my business.
mistake fads noble
Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.
theology
Theology is only thought applied to religion.
simple darkness facts
One of the chief uses of religion is that it makes us remember our coming from darkness, the simple fact that we are created.
love hate men
Women have a thirst for order and beauty as for something physical; there is a strange female power of hating ugliness and waste as good men can only hate sin and bad men virtue.
love men good-man
A good man's work is effected by doing what he does, a woman's by being what she is.