One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI did try to found a little heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe real trouble with this world of ours is not that it is an unreasonable one. The trouble is that it is nearly reasonable, but not quite.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe average woman is at the head of something with which she can do as she likes; the average man has to obey orders and do nothing else.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe outer ring of Christianity is a rigid guard of ethical abnegations and professional priests; but inside that inhuman guard you will find the old human life dancing like children and drinking wine like men; for Christianity is the only frame for pagan freedom. But in the modern philosophy the case is opposite; it is its outer ring that is obviously artistic and emancipated; its despair is within.
Gilbert K. Chesterton