G. K. Chesterton Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

57 Famous Quotes by G. K. Chesterton
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“Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell. - Tremendous Trifles.”
Perspective Quotes
“Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.”
Religion / beliefs Quotes
“The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church.”
Religion / beliefs Quotes
“Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.”
Religion / beliefs Quotes
“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.”
Religion / beliefs Quotes
“[You reporters] should have printed what he meant, not what he said.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another. - "On the Cryptic and the Elliptic", 1908.”
Miscellaneous Quotes