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
two luxury different
Literature and fiction are two entirely different things. Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
goodness symbols
God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God
men tea finals
I would look at the first chapter of any new novel as a final test of its merits. If there was a murdered man under the sofa in the first chapter, I read the story. If there was no murdered man under the sofa in the first chapter, I dismissed the story as tea-table twaddle, which it often really was.
believe giving world
Every one on this earth should believe, amid whatever madness or moral failure, that his life and temperament have some object on the earth. Every one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given.
adventure born supreme
The supreme adventure is being BORN
hope believe mean
Faith means believing the unbelievable.
men errors passing
Teach to the young, men's enduring truths, and let the learned amuse themselves with their passing errors.
sacrifice animal worship
Wherever there is animal worship, there is human sacrifice.
men long heaven
As long as the vision of heaven is always changing, the vision of earth will be exactly the same. No ideal will remain long enough to be realized, or even partly realized. The modern young man will never change his environment; for he will always change his mind.
latin greek ignorant
Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant
children men catholic
The Catholic Church is the only thing that saves man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age.
dream kings men
Men rush towards complexity, but they yearn towards simplicity. They try to be kings; but they dream of being shepherds.
men doors knocking
Every time a man knocks on a brothel door, he is really knocking for God
art caring thinking
The modern world has far too little understanding of the art of keeping young. Its notion of progress has been to pile one thing on top of another, without caring if each thing was crushed in turn. People forgot that the human soul can enjoy a thing most when there is time to think about it and be thankful for it. And by crowding things together they lost the sense of surprise; and surprise is the secret of joy.