107 Quotes by G. K. Chesterton

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.

Tyranny over a man is not tyranny: it is rebellion, for man is royal.

The simplification of anything is always sensational.

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.

When once you have got hold of a vulgar joke, you may be certain that you have got hold of a subtle and spiritual idea.

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.