Famous Quotes by G.K. Chesterton

Below are famous quotes by G.K. Chesterton - .

A large section of the intelligentsia seems wholly devoid of intelligence.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

Nowadays a citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter.

One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.

Psychoanalysis is confession without absolution.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.

The classes that wash most are those that work least.

The only people who seem to have nothing to do with the education of the children are the parents.

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to read.

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