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
nice people progress
But whenever one meets modern thinkers (as one often does) progressing towards a madhouse, one always finds, on inquiry, that they have just had a splendid escape from another madhouse. Thus, hundreds of people become Socialists, not because they have tried Socialism and found it nice, but because they have tried Individualism and found it nasty.
believe men progress
When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress.
progress democracy minorities
Democracy is reproached with saying that the majority is always right. But progress says that the minority is always right.
mean vision progress
Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.
progress doctrine needs
If we are bound to improve, we need not trouble to improve. The pure doctrine of progress is the best of all reasons for not being a progressive.
mother progress problem
Progress is the mother of all problems.
mother progress problem
Progress is the mother of problems.
reality men progress
Men reform a thing by removing the reality from it, and then do not know what to do with the unreality that is left.
past progress cult
The past is not what it was.
progress age minorities
This is the age in which thin and theoretic minorities can cover and conquer unconscious and untheoretic majorities.
progress leisure action
To hurry through one's leisure is the most unbusiness-like of actions.
people progress machines
None of the modern machines, none of the modern paraphernalia. . . have any power except over the people who choose to use them.
men progress looks
Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.
progress-of-society progress cult
Progress is a comparative of which we have not settled the superlative.