“Half the trouble about the modern man is that he is educated to understand foreign languages and misunderstand foreigners.”

— G. K. Chesterton, The Autobiography of G. K. Chesterton, 1936

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.”

“From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.”

“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”

“Be attentive therefore, according to the instruction of the Gospel, to learn obedience from the lily and the bird.”

“I must study the plain physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible, and learn what appears to be wise and right.”

“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power, the greater it will be.”

“Life consists in the alternate process of learning and unlearning; but it is often wiser to unlearn than to learn.”