Quotes from GK Chesterton
The only defensible war is a war of defense.
- GK Chesterton
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
- GK Chesterton
All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is dead; but the darker secret of why he is alive.
- GK Chesterton
Physical science is like simple addition: it is either infallible or it is false.
- GK Chesterton
The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.
- GK Chesterton
The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.
- GK Chesterton
Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head.
- GK Chesterton
I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
- GK Chesterton
The classes that wash most are those that work least.
- GK Chesterton
If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
- GK Chesterton
The philosophy of this world may be founded on facts, but its business is run on spiritual impressions and atmospheres.
- GK Chesterton
We can't turn life into a pleasure. But we can choose such pleasures as are worthy of us and our immortal souls.
- GK Chesterton