Chesterton

Chesterton on Tradition

"Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about."

— G. K. Chesterton

Chesterton on Methodical

"He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical."

— G. K. Chesterton

Chesterton on Uninterested

"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."

— G. K. Chesterton

Chesterton on Believing

"The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums."

— G. K. Chesterton

Chesterton on Rich

"The rich are the scum of the earth in every country."

— G. K. Chesterton

Chesterton on Neighbors

"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people."

— G. K. Chesterton

Chesterton on People

"The people who are the most bigoted are the people who have no convictions at all."

— G. K. Chesterton

Chesterton on Truth

"You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it."

— G. K. Chesterton

Chesterton on Temper

"Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper."

— G. K. Chesterton

Chesterton on Literature

"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity."

— G. K. Chesterton

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