The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried. Gilbert K. Chesterton christiandifficultfind Change image and share on social
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. Gilbert K. Chesterton badlygovernobject Change image and share on social
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried. Gilbert K. Chesterton christianitydifficultfind Change image and share on social
Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and the age of the great epics is past. Gilbert K. Chesterton agebookepic Change image and share on social
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. Gilbert K. Chesterton adviceexactlisten Change image and share on social
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride. Gilbert K. Chesterton preachpridesermon Change image and share on social
Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take a healthy view of it or, better still, feel a healthy indifference to it. Gilbert K. Chesterton feelgoodhealth Change image and share on social
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 ariseinterestlife Change image and share on social
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. Gilbert K. Chesterton earthexistperson Change image and share on social
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. Gilbert K. Chesterton adventureconsiderinconvenience Change image and share on social