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
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions. Gilbert K. Chesterton convictionmantolerance Change image and share on social
It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified. Gilbert K. Chesterton absurddignifyfall share on social
A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things. Gilbert K. Chesterton indignationpersonpour Change image and share on social
Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know. Gilbert K. Chesterton educationinstructperiod Change image and share on social
How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win. Gilbert K. Chesterton determinelonglose Change image and share on social
I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead. Gilbert K. Chesterton actarchitecturearrive 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
