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
Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization. Gilbert K. Chesterton disorganizationlargeloose Change image and share on social
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. Gilbert K. Chesterton believefaithforgive Change image and share on social
To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it. Gilbert K. Chesterton clevermoneystupid Change image and share on social
There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect. Gilbert K. Chesterton eyeheartintellect 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
