K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
love princess dragons
I have little doubt that when St. George had killed the dragon he was heartily afraid of the princess.
encouragement heart tragedy
He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head.
men heaven earth
A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both.
humble fighting proud
There is a corollary to the conception of being too proud to fight. It is that the humble have to do most of the fighting.
mean vision progress
Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.
smart men generous-man
Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.
self criticism excess
What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but an absence of self-criticism.
light tree lamps
Just at present you only see the tree by the light of the lamp. I wonder when you would ever see the lamp by the light of the tree.
jesus fearless church
Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
grandmother animal may
Do not be proud of the fact that your grandmother was shocked at something which your are accustomed to seeing or hearing without being shocked. ... It may be that your grandmother was an extremely lively and vital animal and that you are a paralytic.
charity pelicans admire
He wondered why the pelican was the symbol of charity, except it was that it wanted a good deal of charity to admire a pelican.
names people finals
He had found the thing which the modern people call Impressionism, which is another name for that final scepticism which can find no floor to the universe.
fear men should
No man should leave in the universe anything of which he is afraid.
men moon man-in-the-moon
Even the moon is only poetical because there is a man in the moon.