G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

"Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump you may be freeing him from being a camel."
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"Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump you may be freeing him from being a camel."
G. K. Chesterton
"Large organization is loose organization. Nay it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization."
G. K. Chesterton
"There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell."
G. K. Chesterton
"Is dishwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun."
G. K. Chesterton
"Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist."
G. K. Chesterton
"To be clever enough to get all that money one must be stupid enough to want it."
G. K. Chesterton
"A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life and find solace in fantasy."
G. K. Chesterton
"A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man."
G. K. Chesterton
"Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate."
G. K. Chesterton
"Forgiving means to pardon the unpardonable Faith means believing the unbelievable And hoping means to hope when things are hopeless."
G. K. Chesterton
"The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost."
G. K. Chesterton
"Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time he is not two men but one and he has saved not only his soul but his life."
G. K. Chesterton
"No man can be merry unless he is serious."
G. K. Chesterton
"The true object of all human life is play."
G. K. Chesterton
"Happiness is a mystery like religion and it should never be rationalized."
G. K. Chesterton
"The word 'good' has many meanings. For example if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards I should call him a good shot but not necessarily a good man."
G. K. Chesterton
"Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things."
G. K. Chesterton
"The true object of human life is play."
G. K. Chesterton
"There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner."
G. K. Chesterton
"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act but I do believe in a fate that falls on men unless they act."
G. K. Chesterton
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