“ Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. But what does he do if there is no forest? He grows a forest to hide it in. G. K. Chesterton
“ Therefore it is the paradox of history that each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most. G. K. Chesterton
“ I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act but I do believe in a fate that falls on men unless they act. 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. G. K. Chesterton
“ You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera and grace before the play and pantomime and grace before I open a book and grace before sketching painting… G. K. Chesterton
“ I am not absent-minded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else. G. K. Chesterton
“ It matters very little whether a man is discontented in the name of pessimism or progress if his discontent does in fact paralyse his power of appreciating what he has got. G. K. Chesterton
“ The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life in order to keep it. G. K. Chesterton
“ Facts as facts do not always create a spirit of reality because reality is a spirit. G. K. Chesterton
“ Is dishwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun. G. K. Chesterton
“ He wondered why the pelican was the symbol of charity, except it was that it wanted a good deal of charity to admire a pelican. G. K. Chesterton
“ One may understand the cosmos but never the ego the self is more distant than any star. G. K. Chesterton
