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
atheist atheism not-interested
The atheist is not interested in anything except attacks on atheism.
atheist bigots
There is no bigot like the atheist.
christian atheist taste
It is still bad taste to be an avowed atheist. But now it is equally bad taste to be an avowed Christian.
atheist atheism negative
Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative.
wine water wife
And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine, "I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine."
mean successful wealth
There is no such thing as Success....That a thing is successful merely means that it is; a millionaire is successful in being a millionaire and a donkey in being a donkey.
people doe honest
There are many definite methods, honest and dishonest, which make people rich; the only instinct I know of which does it is that instinct which theological Christianity crudely describes as the sin of avarice.
rewards wealth prosperity
If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue.
drinking beer animal
No animal ever invented anything as bad as drunkenness - or so good as drink.
fun vision dull
Is ditchwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.
courage inches get-away
Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.
truth men scandal
There is a case for telling the truth; there is a case for avoiding the scandal; but there is no possible defense for the man who tells the scandal, but does not tell the truth
travel mind
They say travel broadens the mind, but you must have the mind.
thank-you giving kind
The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.