All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.
Gilbert K. ChestertonMisers get up early in the morning; and burglars, I am informed, get up the night before.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThere is a corollary to the conception of being too proud to fight. It is that the humble have to do most of the fighting.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI did try to found a little heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The virtues have gone mad because they have been isolated from each other and are wandering alone. Thus some scientists care for truth; and their truth is pitiless. Thus some humanitarians only care for pity; and their pity (I am sorry to say) is often untruthful.
Gilbert K. Chesterton