G. K. Chesterton

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump you may be freeing him from being a camel.

Large organization is loose organization. Nay it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.

There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell.

Is dishwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life and find solace in fantasy.

To be clever enough to get all that money one must be stupid enough to want it.

A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.

Forgiving means to pardon the unpardonable Faith means believing the unbelievable And hoping means to hope when things are hopeless.

Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.

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

No man can be merry unless he is serious.

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time he is not two men but one and he has saved not only his soul but his life.

Happiness is a mystery like religion and it should never be rationalized.

The true object of all human life is play.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards I should call him a good shot but not necessarily a good man.

The true object of human life is play.