1,399 Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton

I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.

The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.

Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.

And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.

I still think sincere pessimism the unpardonable sin.

We have passed the age of the demagogue, the man who has little to say and says it loud. We have come to the age of the mystagogue or don, the man who has nothing to say, but says it softly and impressively in an indistinct whisper.

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

The wine they drink in Paradise They make in Haute Lorraine.