G. K. Chesterton quotes, with sources
English writer and critic known for paradox-laden essays defending wonder, faith, and common sense. Here are 5 short quotes by G. K. Chesterton (1874 – 1936), each with the work it comes from, drawn from 1 source.
Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.
The test of all happiness is gratitude; and I felt grateful, though I hardly knew to whom.
A child kicks his legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life.
My acceptance of the universe is not optimism, it is more like patriotism.
The ordinary man has always been sane because the ordinary man has always been a mystic.
Sources
- Orthodoxy
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