1,399 Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.

The cross cannot be defeated for it is defeat.

Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall be gloriously surprised.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

Boys like romantic tales; but babies like realistic tales-because they find them romantic.

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

A turkey is more occult and awful than all the angels and archangels. In so far as God has partly revealed to us an angelic world, he has partly told us what an angel means. But God has never told us what a turkey means. And if you go and stare at a live turkey for an hour or two, you will find by the end of it that the enigma has rather increased than diminished.

Grey is a colour that always seems on the eve of changing to some other colour.

It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.