A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
Gilbert K. ChestertonSuppose, my dear Chadd, suppose it is we who are the idiots because we are not afraid of devils in the dark?
Gilbert K. ChestertonHe has come to the most dreadful conclusion a literary man can come to, the conclusion that the ordinary view is the right one. It is only the last and wildest kind of courage that can stand on a tower before ten thousand people and tell them that twice two is four.
Gilbert K. ChestertonIf you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe modern world has far too little understanding of the art of keeping young. Its notion of progress has been to pile one thing on top of another, without caring if each thing was crushed in turn. People forgot that the human soul can enjoy a thing most when there is time to think about it and be thankful for it. And by crowding things together they lost the sense of surprise; and surprise is the secret of joy.
Gilbert K. Chesterton