Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
Born: May 29, 1874
Died: Jun 14, 1936
Great Life Man Men Only You
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A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Truth Good Hero Bad Tells About Author Us Novel
The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Health Mind Trouble Difficult Destroying Without Always Trying Body Preserve
Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Organization Say Would Would-Be True Almost Loose Always Large Nay
Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much. Gilbert K. Chesterton
You Unless Never Invoke Annoys Very Gods Want Them Much Really Appear
The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Life Too Properly Arises Perplexity Any Being Interested Interesting Them Interesting Things Us Many Things
Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head. Gilbert K. Chesterton
God Man Animals Whatever Dust Else Say Entirely Only Exception Divine He Head True Fell Off Disease Being Then Image
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Pride Preach Would Would-Be Only Had Against Sermon
A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Saying Man He Know Until Knows Does
And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Met Rule Stately England Graves Alas
The only defensible war is a war of defense. Gilbert K. Chesterton
War Defense Only
The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Life Everything Out He Most Ultimate Gets Victor
Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Will Wine Corn Our Destroying Something Ritual Throwing Altar Always Gods Mean Away
The ordinary scientific man is strictly a sentimentalist. He is a sentimentalist in this essential sense, that he is soaked and swept away by mere associations. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Man Sense Strictly He Mere Scientific Essential Ordinary Swept Away Associations
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