1,399 Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Properly speaking, of course, there is no such thing as a return to nature, because there is no such thing as a departure from it. The phrase reminds one of the slightly intoxicated gentleman who gets up in his own dining room and declares firmly that he must be getting home.

Christianity, whatever else it is, is an explosion. Unless it is sensational there is simply no sense in it. Unless the Gospel sounds like a gun going off it has not been uttered at all.

The old religionist cried out for his god. The new religionist cries out for some god to be his.

The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God's paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle - and not lose it.

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.

The simplification of anything is always sensational.

Happiness is not only a hope, but also in some strange manner a memory ... we are all kings in exile.

The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer means being right; it practically means being wrong

Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.