Chesterton

Famous quotes containing the word chesterton:

    The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)

    If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)

    A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)