Man must have just enough faith in himself to have adventures, and just enough doubt of himself to enjoy them.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe martyr endured tortures to affirm his belief in truth but he never asserted his disbelief in torture.
Gilbert K. ChestertonAround every corner is another gift waiting to surprise us, and it will surprise us if we can achieve control over our natural tendencies to make comparisons [to things that are better rather than things that are worse], to take things for granted [rather than imagining how much worse things would be if they weren't there and so feeling grateful], and to feel entitled!
Gilbert K. ChestertonThere is no such thing as Success....That a thing is successful merely means that it is; a millionaire is successful in being a millionaire and a donkey in being a donkey.
Gilbert K. ChestertonSoldiers have many faults, but they have one redeeming merit; they are never worshippers of force. Soldiers more than any other men are taught severely and systematically that might is not right. The fact is obvious. The might is in the hundred men who obey. The right (or what is held to be right) is in the one man who commands them.
Gilbert K. Chesterton