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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 only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to..."
The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one..."
The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it. Gilbert K. Chesterton
You say you are a poet of law; I saw you are a contradiction in terms. I only wonder there were not comets and earthquakes on the night you appeared in this garden Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to..."
Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all. Gilbert K. Chesterton
[A] finished tale may give a man immortality in the light and literary sense; but an unfinished tale suggests another immortality, more essential and more strange. Gilbert K. Chesterton
A beetle may or may not be inferior to a man? the matter awaits demonstration; but if he were inferior by ten thousand fathoms, the fact remains that there is probably a beetle view of things of which a man is entirely ignorant. If he wishes to conceive that point of view, he will scarcely reach it by persistently revelling in the fact that he is not a beetle. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Mysticism keeps men sane. As long as you have mystery you..."
Mysticism keeps men sane. As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I have called this book "What Is Wrong with the World?" and the upshot of the title can be easily and clearly stated. What is wrong is that we do not ask what is right. Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is something sinister about putting a leprechaun in a workhouse. The only solid comfort is that he certainly will not work. Gilbert K. Chesterton
It's just because I have picked a little about mystics that I have no use for mystagogues. Real mystics don't hide mysteries, they reveal them. They set a thing up in broad daylight, and when you've seen it it's still a mystery. But the mystagogues hide a thing in darkness and secrecy, and when you find it, it's a platitude. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "If you'd take your head home and boil it for a turnip it might..."
If you'd take your head home and boil it for a turnip it might be useful. I can't say. But it might. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Teach to the young, men's enduring truths, and let the learned..."
Teach to the young, men's enduring truths, and let the learned amuse themselves with their passing errors. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "To him, even the momentary was momentous."
To him, even the momentary was momentous. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as..."
Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it. Gilbert K. Chesterton
For even the most dehumanized modern fantasies depend on some older and simpler figure; the adventures may be mad, but the adventurer must be sane. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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