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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: "Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out."
Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "One sees great things from the valley; only small things from..."
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean."
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean. Gilbert K. Chesterton
If grass grows and withers, it can only mean that it is part of a greater thing, which is even more real; not that the grass is less real than it looks. St. Thomas (Aquinas) has a really logical right to say, in the words of the modern mystic, A. E.: "I begin by the grass to be bound again to the Lord. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Big Business and State Socialism are very much alike,..."
Big Business and State Socialism are very much alike, especially Big Business. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I do not know by what extraordinary mental accident modern writers so constantly connect the idea of progress with the idea of independent thinking. Gilbert K. Chesterton
But anyhow it is true that this, which is our first poem, might very well be our last poem too. It might well be the last word as well as the first word spoken by man about his mortal lot, as seen by merely mortal vision. If the world becomes pagan and perishes, the last man left alive would do well to quote the Iliad and die. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "A man cannot deserve adventures; he cannot earn dragons and..."
A man cannot deserve adventures; he cannot earn dragons and hippogriffs. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. But what does he do if there is no forest? He grows a forest to hide it in. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Thinking in isolation and with pride ends in being an idiot."
Thinking in isolation and with pride ends in being an idiot. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The more a man looks at a thing, the less he can see it, and..."
The more a man looks at a thing, the less he can see it, and the more a man learns a thing, the less he knows it. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Our age is obviously the Nonsense Age; the wiser sort of nonsense being provided for the children and the sillier sort of nonsense for the grown-up people. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a..."
The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The sages have a hundred maps to give. That trace their crawling cosmos like a tree. They rattle reason out through many a sieve. That stores the sand but lets the gold go free. And all these things are less than dust to me. Because my name is Lazarus and I live. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the..."
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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