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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Gilbert K. Chesterton quotes about good

English Writer May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936

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The modern instinct is that if the heart of man is evil, there is nothing that remains good. But the older feeling was that if the heart of man was ever so evil, there was something that remained good--goodness remained good. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man. Gilbert K. Chesterton
And my haunting instinct that somehow good was not merely a tool to be used, but a relic to be guarded, like the goods from Crusoe's ship--even that had been the wild whisper of something originally wise, for, according to Christianity, we were indeed the survivors of a wreck, the crew of a golden ship that had gone down before the beginning of the world. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I am not good at deception,' said Tuesday gloomily, flushing. Right, my boy, right,' said the President with a ponderous heartiness, 'You aren't good at anything. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red..."
The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "We do not need to get good laws to restrain bad people. We..."
We do not need to get good laws to restrain bad people. We need to get good people to restrain us from bad laws. Gilbert K. Chesterton
What is the good of telling a community that it has every liberty except the liberty to make laws? The liberty to make laws is what constitutes a free people. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Mysticism conceives something transcending experience; religion seeks glimpses of a better good or a worse evil than experience can give. Reincarnation need only extend experiences in the sense of repeating them. Gilbert K. Chesterton
All good writers express the state of their souls, even (as occurs in some cases of very good writers) if it is a state of damnation. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad..."
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. Gilbert K. Chesterton
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. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it."
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it. Gilbert K. Chesterton
We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "No man is such a legalist as the good Secularist."
No man is such a legalist as the good Secularist. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Really, if this is being glaringly good I must confess that..."
Really, if this is being glaringly good I must confess that the glare does not dazzle me. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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