Browse Gilbert K. Chesterton quotes and sayings.
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted […]
Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put […]
I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m […]
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read […]
Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless […]
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; […]
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that […]
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing […]
The mind must be enlarged to see the simple things — or even to see […]
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but […]
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen. Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism — self-denial. Gilbert K. […]
The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. […]
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas […]
Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. But what does he […]
Half a truth is better than no politics. Gilbert K. Chesterton
If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man […]
All government is an ugly necessity. Gilbert K. Chesterton
But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can […]
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see. […]
A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great. Gilbert K. […]
Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Fairy tales are more than true — not because they tell us dragons exist, but […]
The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that is […]
All men matter. You matter. I matter. It’s the hardest thing in theology to believe. […]
God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot […]
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, […]
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. Glibert K. […]