Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much. Gilbert K. Chesterton annoygodinvoke Change image and share on social
The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. Gilbert K. Chesterton countryfootforeign 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
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
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. Gilbert K. Chesterton authorbadgood Change image and share on social
A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. Gilbert K. Chesterton findintelligenceintuition Change image and share on social
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
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
Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. Gilbert K. Chesterton perfectlypropertyrespect Change image and share on social
