No man must be superior to the things that are common to men.... Not only are we all in the same boat, but we are all seasick.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe difficulty of explaining โwhy I am a Catholicโ is that there are ten thousand reasons all amounting to one reason: that Catholicism is true.
Gilbert K. ChestertonIt is quite an old-fashioned fallacy to suppose that our objection to scepticism is that it removes the discipline from life. Our objection to scepticism is that it removes the motive power. Materialism is not a thing which destroys mere restraint. Materialism itself is the great restraint.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWe lose our bearings entirely by speaking of the 'lower classes' when we mean humanity minus ourselves.
Gilbert K. ChestertonBoys like romantic [fairy] tales; but babies like realistic tales - because they find them romantic...This proves that even nursery tales only echo an almost prenatal leap of interest and amazement. These tales say that apples were golden only to refresh the forgotten moment when we found that they were green. They make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run with water.
Gilbert K. Chesterton