1,399 Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.

It is because artists do not practise, patrons do not patronize, crowds do not assemble to reverently worship the great work of Doing Nothing, that the world has lost its philosophy and even failed to invent a new religion.

Humility is the mother of giants.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

Hope means expectancy when things are otherwise hopeless.

The trouble with Christianity is, not that its failed, but that it's never been tried . . . not that it can't remake the world, but that it's difficult.

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

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.

The telescope makes the world smaller; it is only the microscope that makes it larger.