If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

Faith is always at a disadvantage; it is a perpetually defeated thing which survives all conquerors.

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them. They have a sort of permanent intoxication from within, a sort of invisible champagne. Americans do not need to drink to inspire them to do anything, though they do sometimes, I think, need a little for the deeper and more delicate purpose of teaching them how to do nothing.

But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it.

"Are you a devil?" "I am a man," answered Father Brown gravely; "and therefore have all devils in my heart."

If the apple hit Newton’s nose, Newton’s nose hit the apple.