549 Quotes by G.K. Chesterton

Evil always wins through the strength of its splendid dupes; and there has in all ages been a disastrous alliance between abnormal innocence and abnormal sin.

The huge modern heresy is to alter the human soul to fit modern social conditions, instead of altering modern social conditions to fit the human soul.

Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.

it will be generally found that the popular joke is not true to the letter, but is true to the spirit. The joke is generally in the oddest way the truth and yet not the fact.

One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.

Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong.

Intelligent people have a strong objection to things that mean nothing at all.

All we know of the Missing Link is that he is missing - and he won't be missed either.