K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
art men wish
A man cannot have the energy to produce good art without having the energy to wish to pass beyond it.
weather clouds darkness
We all feel the riddle of the earth without anyone to point it out. The mystery of life is the plainest part of it. The clouds and curtains of darkness, the confounding vapors, these are the daily weather of this world.
rolling made drunkards
Before the Roman came to Rye or out to severn strode, / The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road.
men criticism green
A great deal of contemporary criticism reads to me like a man saying, 'Of course I do not like green cheese. I am very fond of brown sherry.
temptation too-much noble
The noble temptation to see too much in everything.
sex wish important
Life is serious all the time, but living cannot be. You may have all the solemnity you wish in your neckties, but in anything important (such as sex, death, and religion), you must have mirth or you will have madness.
strong heart apology
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.
men long doe
It is very good for a man to talk about what he does not understand; as long as he understands that he does not understand it.
play life-is human-life
The true object of human life is play.
player mad chess
Poets do not go mad, but chess players do.
betrayal artist sincerity
An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity.
compassion animal tribes
Mankind is not a tribe of animals to which we owe compassion. Mankind is a club to which we owe our subscription.
anger men may
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.
sacrifice self desire
Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.