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
men want behinds
If you know what a man's doing, get in front of him; but if you want to guess what he's doing keep behind him.
mind addresses wanted
But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive. I often did so; and it never seemed to mind.
annoyed want literature
Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.
fall brain want
You don't want to be so open minded that your brains fall out!
people research want
Research is the search of people who don't know what they want.
writing want matter
In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.
food people want
Gluttony is a great fault; but we do not necessarily dislike a glutton. We only dislike the glutton when he becomes a gourmet-that is, we only dislike him when he not only wants the best for himself, but knows what is best for other people.
pain people want
People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains.
want answers demand
[Capitalism is] that commercial system in which supply immediately answers to demand, and in which everybody seems to be thoroughly dissatisfied and unable to get anything he wants.
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.
brute mere sort
The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.
man
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.