Gilbert Keith Chesterton
England
29 May 1874 // 14 Jun 1936
Writer
29 May 1874 // 14 Jun 1936
Writer
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The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it
The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost
The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground
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
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see
The simplification of anything is always sensational
The present condition of fame is merely fashion
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays