What did Gilbert K. Chesterton mean by: I am not fighting a hopeless fight. People who have fought in real fights don’t, as a rule. Gilbert K. Chesterton I am not fighting a hopeless fight. People who have fought in real fights don’t, as a rule.
Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Ignorance, Impartiality, Indifference, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
Thinking means connecting things, and stops if they cannot be connected. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Connection, Thinking, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Awareness, Humility, Self-reflection, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
Most Americans … have a sort of permanent intoxication from within, a sort of invisible champagne. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Celebration, Exuberance, Perception, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Perspective, Poverty, Wealth, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
One can sometimes do good by being the right person in the wrong place. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Circumstances, Goodness, Morality, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
Nine out of ten of what we call new ideas are simply old mistakes. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, History, Innovation, Perception, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
I will not call it my philosophy; for I did not make it. God and humanity made it; and it made me. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, God, Humanity, Self, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
