K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
evil nine excuse
Nine times out of ten it is the coarse word that condemns an evil, and the refined word that excuses it.
spiritual sex two
It is the friction of two spiritual things, of tradition and invention, or of substance and symbol, from which the mind takes fire. The creeds condemned as complex have something like the secret of sex; they can breed thoughts.
asking-for-money advertising rich
It is really not so repulsive to see the poor asking for money as to see the rich asking for more money. And advertisement is the rich asking for more money.
blessed expectations
Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall be gloriously surprised.
mean angel turkeys
A turkey is more occult and awful than all the angels and archangels. In so far as God has partly revealed to us an angelic world, he has partly told us what an angel means. But God has never told us what a turkey means. And if you go and stare at a live turkey for an hour or two, you will find by the end of it that the enigma has rather increased than diminished.
simple sweat simplicity
To be simple is the best thing in the world.
simple simplicity world
To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not sure about being quiet.
horse devil four
The Devil's walking parody; On all four-footed things.
men evil may
Men may keep a sort of level of good, but no man has ever been able to keep on one level of evil.
wise men elderly
I would not say that old men grow wise, for men never grow wise; and many old men retain a very attractive childishness and cheerful innocence. Elderly people are often much more romantic than younger people, and sometimes even more adventurous, having begun to realize how many things they do not know.
art men signatures
Art is the signature of man.
book buddhism giving
Students of popular science... are always insisting that Christianity and Buddhism are very much alike, especially Buddhism. This is generally believed, and I believed it myself until I read a book giving the reasons for it.
memories book thinking
There are many books which we think we have read when we have not. There are, at least, many that we think we remember when we do not. An original picture was, perhaps, imprinted upon the brain, but it has changed with our own changing minds. We only remember our remembrance.
women average order
The average woman is at the head of something with which she can do as she likes; the average man has to obey orders and do nothing else.