Were Patrick Henry to return to earth and look around on the vast economic order of the day, he might revise his observation and merely say โGive me deathโ-the alternative being manifestly impossible under modern conditions.
Gilbert K. ChestertonIs ditchwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe modern habit of saying "This is my opinion, but I may be wrong" is entirely irrational. If I say that it may be wrong, I say that is not my opinion. The modern habit of saying "Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me" โ the habit of saying this is mere weak-mindedness. A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.
Gilbert K. Chesterton