Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt. Gilbert K. Chesterton buddhismcreeddoubt Change image and share on social
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. Gilbert K. Chesterton doubleformgratitude Change image and share on social
We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end. Gilbert K. Chesterton bigotcalldefinite Change image and share on social
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? Gilbert K. Chesterton childchristmasfill Change image and share on social
The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. Gilbert K. Chesterton earthgardenheaven Change image and share on social
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. Gilbert K. Chesterton paraderainrainbow Change image and share on social
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 associationessentialman Change image and share on social
The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life. Gilbert K. Chesterton greenhornlifeultimate Change image and share on social
The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. Gilbert K. Chesterton brutecowgraze Change image and share on social
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. Gilbert K. Chesterton callgoodgrandmother Change image and share on social
