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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Gilbert K. Chesterton quotes

English Writer May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936

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Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The worst moment for an atheist is when he is really thankful..."
The worst moment for an atheist is when he is really thankful and has no one to thank. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing, and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The objection to an aristocracy is that it is a priesthood..."
The objection to an aristocracy is that it is a priesthood without a god. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The romantic seeks only to get his head into the heavens. The rationalist seeks to get the heavens into his head? and it is his head that splits. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Eugenics, as discussed, evidently means the control of some menover the marriage and unmarriage of others; and probably means thecontrol of the few over the marriage and unmarriage of the many Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are."
Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are. Gilbert K. Chesterton
We have never even begun to understand a people until we have found something that we do not understand. So long as we find the character easy to read, we are reading into it our own character. Gilbert K. Chesterton
A puddle repeats infinity, and is full of light; nevertheless, if analyzed objectively, a puddle is a piece of dirty water spread very thin on mud. Gilbert K. Chesterton
This is not a university town full of philosophies; it is a Zion of the hundred sieges raging with religions; not a place where resolutions can be voted and amended, but a place where men can be crowned and crucified. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. I am not, as will be seen, in any sense attacking logic: I only say that this danger does lie in logic, not in imagination. Gilbert K. Chesterton
As for the general view that the Church was discredited by the War—they might as well say that the Ark was discredited by the Flood. When the world goes wrong, it proves rather that the Church is right. The Church is justified, not because her children do not sin, but because they do. Gilbert K. Chesterton
And in history I found that Christianity, so far from belonging to the Dark Ages, was the one path across the Dark Ages that was not dark. Gilbert K. Chesterton
It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.'By George!' said Syme facing round and looking at him, 'What a clever chap you are! Gilbert K. Chesterton
Blessed are they who have not seen and yet have believed: a passage which some have considered as a prophecy of modern journalism. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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