Odd, isn't it, that a thief and a vagabond should repent, when so many who are rich and secure remain hard and frivolous, and without fruit for God or man?
Gilbert K. ChestertonToo much capitalism does not mean too many capitalists, but too few capitalists.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI tell you naught for your comfort, Yea, naught for your desire, Save that the sky grows darker yet And the sea rises higher.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWhen people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
Gilbert K. ChestertonAnd Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine, "I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine."
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe Sentimentalist, roughly speaking, is the man who wants to eat his cake and have it. He has no sense of honor about ideas; he will not see that one must pay for an idea as well as for anything else. He will have them all at once in one wild intellectual harem, no matter how much they quarrel and contradict each other.
Gilbert K. Chesterton