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
class community firsts
A third-class carriage is a community, while a first-class carriage is a place of wild hermits.
long firsts enough
Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
science technology firsts
The thing that cannot be defined is the first thing; the primary fact.
firsts found first-time
When a person has found something which he prefers to life itself, he for the first time has begun to live.
way firsts facts
The first fact about the celebration of a birthday is that it is a way of affirming defiantly, and even flamboyantly, that it is a good thing to be alive.
flower saws firsts
But they none of them create the psychological conditions in which I first saw, or desired to see, the flower.
tyrants two firsts
There are two kinds of rebellion. The first is one in which the slave demands something that the tyrant has got. The second is one in which he demands something that the tyrant has not got.
men two firsts
There are two kinds of charlatan: the man who is called a charlatan, and the man who really is one. The first is the quack who cures you; the second is the highly qualified person who doesn't.
believe common-sense firsts
It's the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
leadership firsts authority
If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever.
firsts stories ifs
I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a story-teller
action believe falls however men unless
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
catching discovered miss train
The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before.
christian difficult found ideal left tried
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.