It was the people who did not care who filled the world with fire and oppression. It was the hands of the indifferent that lit the faggots; it was the hands of the indifferent that turned the rack.
Gilbert K. ChestertonHappiness is not only a hope, but also in some strange manner a memory ... we are all kings in exile.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI do not believe that any human being is fundamentally happier for being finally lost in a crowd, even if it is called a crowd of comrades.
Gilbert K. ChestertonNo sceptical philosopher can ask any questions that may not equally be asked by a tired child on a hot afternoon.
Gilbert K. ChestertonLiterary men are being employed to praise a big business man personally, as men used to praise a king. They not only find political reasons for the commercial schemes that they have done for some time past they also find moral defences for the commercial schemers... I do resent the whole age of patronage being revived under such absurd patrons; and all poets becoming court poets, under kings that have taken no oath.
Gilbert K. Chesterton