Home / Quotes / Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

“An almost unnatural vigilance is really required of the citizen because of the horrible rapidity with which human institutions grow old.”

Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Book:The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton

Work

The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton

This compilation includes a variety of Chesterton's essays, poems, and lectures, offering a comprehensive look into his influential and thought-provoking writing. more

Author

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Gilbert K. Chesterton was an English writer, critic, and theologian, born on May 29, 1874, and died on June 14, 1936. Known for his unique literary style and profound philosophical thinking, Chesterton's works spanned a variety of genres, including novels, poetry, drama, and criticism. more

You May Also Like

“An authentic faith-which is never comfortable or completely personal-always involves a deep desire to change the world, to transmit values, to leave this earth somehow better than we found it.”

World Earth Desire Values Found Comfortable Changing The World Transmit Deep Desire Desire To Change

Author:Pope Francis

“And he who lives a hundred years, idle and weak, a life of one day is better if a man has attained firm strength.”

Ifs Men Years One Day Hundred Weak Firm Idle

Book:The Dhammapada

Source: The Dhammapada

“And it did for one wild moment cross my mind that, perhaps, those might not be the very best judges of the relation of religion to happiness who, by their own account, had neither one nor the other.”

Mind Moments Might Judging Crosses Accounts Relation

Book:The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton

Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Any man who preaches real love is bound to beget hate. It is as true of democratic fraternity as a divine love; sham love ends in compromise and common philosophy; but real love has always ended in bloodshed.”

Men Real Ends Philosophy Hate Love Is Common Divine Democratic Bounds Compromise Real Love Divine Love Begets Fraternity Bloodshed

Book:The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton

Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Are introverts arrogant? Hardly. I suppose this common misconception has to do with our being more intelligent, more reflective, more independent, more level-headed, more refined, and more sensitive than extroverts.”

Levels Common Intelligent Independent Sensitive Arrogant Introvert Refined Misconception Extroverts Level Headed

Author:Jonathan Rauch

“What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.”

People Knows Real Shows Care Opening Atmosphere Village Broadway Camaraderie

Author:Ian Mckellen

“I don't know if my wife left me because of my drinking or I started drinking 'cause my wife left me.”

Ifs Knows Left Causes Wife Drinking My Wife

Author:Nicolas Cage

“I was taught that we should look after the beam in our own eye before searching for the mote in someone else's.”

Should Looks Eye Taught Beam

Author:George W. Bush

“I'm not a textbook player. I'm a gut player.”

Player Guts Textbooks

Author:George W. Bush

“I don't watch the nightly newscasts on TV . . . nor do I watch the endless hours of people giving their opinion about things. I don't read the editorial pages; I don't read the columnists. It can be a frustrating experience to pay attention to somebody's false opinion.”

People Giving Hours Pay Attention Opinion Watches Tvs Pages Endless Pay Attention Frustrating Editorials Columnists

Author:George W. Bush