K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
missing links knows
All we know of the Missing Link is that he is missing - and he won't be missed either.
men madness be-careful
Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man.
wise men forests
Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. But what does he do if there is no forest? He grows a forest to hide it in.
truth passion beard
You cannot grow a beard in a moment of passion.
pain doe pleasure
Meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain. Meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure.
humility pride impossible
It is impossible without humility to enjoy anything - even pride.
mean point-break soul
For the only courage worth calling courage must necessarily mean that the soul passes a breaking point and does not break.
believe men progress
When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress.
school support moral
As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly.
motivational encouraging cheerful
Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.
men two house
The Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle
errors
Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
accepting shots
Even a bad shot is dignified when he accepts a duel.
men rome
Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.