549 Quotes by G.K. Chesterton

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

I know of men who believe in themselves more colossally than Napoleon or Caesar. I know where flames the fixed star of certainty and success. I can guide you to the thrones of the Super-men. The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.

No things could seem further apart than the doubt of grey and the decision of scarlet. Yet grey and red can mingle, as they do in the morning clouds.

The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.

For us who live in cities Nature is not natural. Nature is supernatural. Just as monks watched and strove to get a glimpse of heaven, so we watch and strive to get a glimpse of earth. It is as if men had cake and wine every day but were sometimes allowed common bread.

Realism is simply Romanticism that has lost its reasonthat is its reason for existing.

What was wonderful about childhood is that anything in it was a wonder. It was not merely a world full of miracles, it was a miraculous world.

The honest liar is the man who tells the truth about his old lies -- who says on Wednesday, " I told a magnificent lie on Monday."

No man who worships education has got the best out of education…. Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.