K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
generations reason prophet
The prophet and the quack are alike admired for a generation, and admired for the wrong reasons.
independent men convince-us
But a somewhat more liberal and sympathetic examination of mankind will convince us that the cross is even older than the gibbet, that voluntary suffering was before and independent of compulsory; and in short that in most important matters a man has always been free to ruin himself if he chose.
men serious merry
No man can be merry unless he is serious.
lying america church
The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited, but was defined before it existed.
thinking self soul
One can hardly think too little of one's self. One can hardly think too much of one's soul.
people ordinary knows
We are all ordinary people. And it's the extraordinary people Who know it.
victory purpose failing
There is nothing so weak, for working purposes, as this enormous importance attached to immediate victory. There is nothing that fails like success.
may recurrence repetition
The repetition in Nature may not be a mere recurrence; it may be a theatrical encore.
writing editors people
If an editor can only make people angry enough, they will write half his newspaper for him for nothing.
men great-men knows
A great man knows he is not God, and the greater he is the better he knows it.
vanity curiosity motive
I am a journalist and have no earthly motives except curiosity and personal vanity.
golf two scotch
The determining bulk of Scotch people had heard of golf ever since they had heard of God and often considered the two as of equal importance.
atheism masterpiece extraordinary
The Universe is the most extraordinary masterpiece ever constructed by nobody.
past men may
If the common man in the past had a grave respect for property, it may conceivably have been because he sometimes had some of his own.