Gilbert K. Chesterton — Philosophical Quotes

498 quotes · Writer, Journalist

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

Philosophical

“America is the only nation in the world that is founded on creed. That creed is set forth with dogmatic and even theological lucidity in the Declaration of Independence; perhaps the only piece of practical politics that is also theoretical politics and also great literature.”

America Pieces Independence

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

Philosophical

“Whether a man chooses to tell the truth in long sentences or short jokes is a problem analogous to whether he chooses to tell the truth in French or in German.”

Men Long Problem

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Philosophical

“It is much easier to write a good Times leading article than a good joke in Punch.”

Writing Easier

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Philosophical

“Man is not merely an evolution but rather a revolution.”

Men Inspiration

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Philosophical

“If we could destroy custom at a blow and see the stars as a child sees them, we should need no other apocalypse.”

Inspirational Stars Nature

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Philosophical

“The idea of private property universal but private, the idea of families free but still families, of domesticity democratic but still domestic, of one man one house - this remains the real vision and magnet of mankind. The world may accept something more official and general, less human and intimate. But the world will be like a broken-hearted woman who makes a humdrum marriage because she may not make a happy one; Socialism may be the world's deliverance, but it is not the world's desire.”

Real Inspiration Faith

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Philosophical

“Progress is the mother of problems.”

Mother Problem

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Philosophical

“Each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most.”

Generations Saint

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Philosophical

“The most valuable book we can read, about countries we have visited, is that which recalls to us something that we did notice, but did not notice that we noticed.”

Book Country Valuable

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Philosophical

“All real democracy is an attempt like that of a jolly hostess to bring the shy people out.”

People Real Democracy

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Philosophical

“Children feel the whiteness of the lily with a graphic and passionate clearness which we cannot give them at all. The only thing we can give them is information-the information that if you break the lily in two it won't grow again.”

Children Giving Two

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Philosophical

“He said he didn't very well understand how George was going to sleep any more than he did now, seeing that there were only twenty-four hours in each day.”

Funny Sleep Time

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