All architecture is great architecture after sunset perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. Gilbert K. Chesterton on great
Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long and the age of the great epics is past. Gilbert K. Chesterton on great
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. Gilbert K. Chesterton on great
The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. Gilbert K. Chesterton on great
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. Gilbert K. Chesterton on happiness
Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised. Gilbert K. Chesterton on happiness
The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. Gilbert K. Chesterton on health
Man does not live by soap alone and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take a healthy view of it or, better still, feel a healthy indifference to it. Gilbert K. Chesterton on health
People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make. Gilbert K. Chesterton on history
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. Gilbert K. Chesterton on hope
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. Gilbert K. Chesterton on imagination
A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. Gilbert K. Chesterton on intelligence
Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged. Gilbert K. Chesterton on knowledge
The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden heaven is a playground. Gilbert K. Chesterton on life
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. Gilbert K. Chesterton on life
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost. Gilbert K. Chesterton on love
Love means to love that which is unlovable or it is no virtue at all. Gilbert K. Chesterton on love
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. Gilbert K. Chesterton on love
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair. Gilbert K. Chesterton on love