A stiff apology is a second insult… The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.
Published on August 30, 2016 , under Quotes
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Source: G. K. Chesterton: a selection from his non-fictional prose (1970)
When some English moralists write about the importance of having character, they appear to mean only the importance of having a dull character.
Published on May 26, 2016 , under Quotes
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Source: Charles Dickens (1906), Chapter: 10 “The Great Dickens Characters”.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
Published on February 10, 2016 , under Quotes
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Source: G. K. Chesterton, in “On Holland” in Illustrated London News (29 April 1922).
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There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
Published on December 29, 2015 , under Quotes
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Source: This quote is from a Christian apologetics book “The Everlasting Man” (1925) by G. K. Chesterton; V: Man and Mythologies. Complete Sentence: Sometimes it would seem that the Greeks believed above all things in reverence, only they had nobody to revere. But the point of the puzzle is this, that all this vagueness and Read More…