“Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought.”

— G. K. Chesterton, The Victorian Age in Literature, 1913

About G. K. Chesterton

1874 – 1936

English writer, critic and Christian apologist, author of the Father Brown mysteries and 'Orthodoxy'.

“The center of every man's existence is a dream.”

“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.”

“Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.”

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

“Remember that all is opinion.”

“By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.”

“Thought is all light, and publishes itself to the universe.”

“Up! mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark!”

“The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.”