[A pacifist is] the last and least excusable on the list of the enemies of society.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI believe in preaching to the converted; for I have generally found that the converted do not understand their own religion.
Gilbert K. ChestertonCorrectitude implies nowadays a formal or fastidious use of words; and what is wanted is not so much the correct as the living use of words. It is the memory of the meaning of a word which is the life of the word.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe truth is that it is our attitude towards children that is right, and our attitude towards grown-up people that is wrong. Our attitude towards our equals in age consists in a servile solemnity, overlying a considerable degree of indifference or disdain. Our attitude towards children consists in a condescending indulgence, overlying an unfathomable respect.
Gilbert K. Chesterton