K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
men animal injustice
Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades.
happiness power agriculture
True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.
invisibility obscurity literature
When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.
peace war defense
The only defensible war is a war of defense.
science errors long
Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.
literature young
Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.
funny men feels
Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.
annoyed want literature
Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.
freedom inspirational-life responsibility
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.
mean doe arcs
Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
writing literature disease
Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.
cells differences inches
There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.
order miracle outrageous
The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it.
people knows
People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.