The fact is that purification and austerity are even more necessary for the appreciation of life and laughter than for anything else. To let no bird fly past unnoticed, to spell the stones and weeds, to have the mind a storehouse of sunset, requires a discipline in pleasure and an education in gratitude.
Gilbert K. ChestertonA feminist is someone who loathes being a woman and who dislikes the chief feminine characteristics.
Gilbert K. ChestertonTime and again, the Faith has to all appearances gone to the dogs. But each time, it was the dog that died.
Gilbert K. Chesterton[No society can survive the socialist] fallacy that there is an absolutely unlimited number of inspired officials and an absolutely unlimited amount of money to pay them.
Gilbert K. Chesterton