K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
law liberty anarchy
When you break the big laws, you do not get liberty; you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws.
husband ideas feminism
It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.
madness method
There nearly always is a method in madness.
selfish habit unselfish
Customs are generally unselfish. Habits are nearly always selfish.
running ideas nurse
If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other--the idea that peace and happiness can only exist on some condition. This idea, which is the core of ethics, is the core of the nursery-tales.
believe fundamentals politician
They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my childlike faith in practical politics.
book world influence
The books that influence the world are those that it has not read.
christian religion morality
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
hate if-there-is-a-god christian-inspirational
There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
men important ordinary
It has been often said, very truly, that religion is the thing that makes the ordinary man feel extraordinary; it is an equally important truth that religion is the thing that makes the extraordinary man feel ordinary.
responsibility roots modern
Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.
fashion atheist catholic
Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.
morning night up-early
Misers get up early in the morning; and burglars, I am informed, get up the night before.
free-love contradiction term
Free verse is like free love; it is a contradiction in terms.