A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything. Gilbert K. Chesterton affectconservativeconserve share on social
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. Gilbert K. Chesterton cheesemysteriouslypoet Change image and share on social
A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation. Gilbert K. Chesterton apologizebusinessmanforever Change image and share on social
Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all. Gilbert K. Chesterton lovemeanunlovable Change image and share on social
When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility. Gilbert K. Chesterton clearnessexultinvisibility Change image and share on social
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. Gilbert K. Chesterton artconsistdraw Change image and share on social
A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. Gilbert K. Chesterton apologycompensateheal Change image and share on social
Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. Gilbert K. Chesterton artbeautifulconsist Change image and share on social
White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black... God paints in many colours; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white. Gilbert K. Chesterton absenceaffirmativeblack 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
