K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
kings memories strange
Happiness is not only a hope, but also in some strange manner a memory ... we are all kings in exile.
real men greatness
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
beauty broken-heart beautiful
There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.
dirty self circles
Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed.
christian wisdom religious
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
life time hate
One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.
funny life presence-of-mind
I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
ignorance two scripture
Unfortunately, 19th-century scientists were just as ready to jump to the conclusion that any guess about nature was an obvious fact, as were 17th-century sectarians to jump to the conclusion that any guess about Scripture was the obvious explanation . . . . and this clumsy collision of two very impatient forms of ignorance was known as the quarrel of Science and Religion.
teaching wine beer
Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them. They have a sort of permanent intoxication from within, a sort of invisible champagne. Americans do not need to drink to inspire them to do anything, though they do sometimes, I think, need a little for the deeper and more delicate purpose of teaching them how to do nothing.
men rights independence
The Declaration of Independence dogmatically bases all rights on the fact that God created all men equal; and it is right; for if they were not created equal, they were certainly evolved unequal. There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man.
thinking church needs
I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right
believe men believe-in-god
When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
birthday book writing
Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and the age of the great epics is past.
fun inspirational-life garden
The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.