549 Quotes by G.K. Chesterton

Morality did not begin by one man saying to another, "I will not hit you if you do not hit me"; there is no trace of such a transaction. There IS a trace of both men having said, "We must not hit each other in the holy place.

The dreadful joy Thy Son has sentIs heavier than any care;We find, as Cain his punishment,Our pardon more than we can bear.

The man who kills a man kills a man.The man who kills himself kills all men.As far as he is concerned, he wipes out the world.

And pray where in earth or heaven are there prudent marriages? Might as well talk about prudent suicides.

The obvious effect of frivolous divorce will be frivolous marriage. If people can be separated for no reason they will feel it all the easier to be united for no reason.

He must not merely cling to life, for then he will be a coward, and will not escape. He must not merely wait for death, for then he will be a suicide, and will not escape. He must seek his life in a spirit of furious indifference to it.

We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

The most incredible thing about miracle is that they happen