I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is — G. K. Chesterton
I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. — G. K. Chesterton
Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: he has not been broken — G. K. Chesterton
Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells — G. K. Chesterton
Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young. — G. K. Chesterton
In matters of truth the fact that you don’t want to publish something is, nine times out — G. K. Chesterton
It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. — G. K. Chesterton
Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization. — G. K. Chesterton
If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not. — G. K. Chesterton
They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades. — G. K. Chesterton
Never invoke the Gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much. — G. K. Chesterton
Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze. — G. K. Chesterton
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. — G. K. Chesterton
People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make. — G. K. Chesterton
Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our Gods. — G. K. Chesterton
The christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried. — G. K. Chesterton