Inspirational Quotes by G.K. Chesterton
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
topics: love
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
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“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.”
“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.”
“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”
“The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.”
topics: romance
“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
“We need never be ashamed of our tears.”
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
topics: comment-of-the-times
“I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.”
“Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.”
“There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.”
“There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.”
“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.”
topics: travel
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”
topics: love-loss
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox". Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out.