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Civilization has run on ahead ...

Civilization has run on ahead of the soul of man, and is producing faster than he can think and give thanks.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

There'd be a lot less scandal ...

There'd be a lot less scandal if people didn't idealize sin and pose as sinners.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

All men thirst to confess thei...

All men thirst to confess their crimes more than tired beasts thirst for water; but they naturally object to confessing them while other people, who have also committed the same crimes, sit by and laugh at them.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

Idolatry is committed, not mer...

Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

I say that a man must be certa...

I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

To the humble man, and to the ...

To the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sun is really a sun; to the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sea is really a sea.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

The voice of the special rebel...

The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly, like a trumpet. But the voices of the saints and sages, recommending contentment, should sound unceasingly, like the sea.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

All science, even the divine s...

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.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

If we want to give poor people...

If we want to give poor people soap we must set out deliberately to give them luxuries. If we will not make them rich enough to be clean, then empathically we must do what we did with the saints. We must reverence them for being dirty.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

The world will very soon be di...

The world will very soon be divided, unless I am mistaken, into those who still go on explaining our success, and those somewhat more intelligent who are trying to explain our failure.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

What we call emancipation is a...

What we call emancipation is always and of necessity simply the free choice of the soul between one set of limitations and another.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

There are some desires that ar...

There are some desires that are not desirable.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

Modern broad-mindedness benefi...

Modern broad-mindedness benefits the rich; and benefits nobody else.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

It is the main earthly busines...

It is the main earthly business of a human being to make his home, and the immediate surroundings of his home, as symbolic and significant to his own imagination as he can.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

Big Business and State Sociali...

Big Business and State Socialism are very much alike, especially Big Business.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

[No society can survive the so...

[No society can survive the socialist] fallacy that there is an absolutely unlimited number of inspired officials and an absolutely unlimited amount of money to pay them.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

A citizen can hardly distingui...

A citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

Too much capitalism does not m...

Too much capitalism does not mean too many capitalists, but too few capitalists.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

Price is a crazy and incalcula...

Price is a crazy and incalculable thing, while Value is an intrinsic and indestructible thing.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

Business, especially big busin...

Business, especially big business, is now organized like an army. It is, as some would say, a sort of mild militarism without bloodshed; as I say, a militarism without the military virtues.

Gilbert Chesterton 1598 quotes

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