Quotes by : Gilbert K. Chesterton

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation....

Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.....

Half a truth is better than no politics.

One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art,....

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long....

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we....