What did Gilbert K. Chesterton mean by: It is well sometimes to half understand a poem in the same manner that we half understand the world. Gilbert K. Chesterton It is well sometimes to half understand a poem in the same manner that we half understand the world.
Physical science is like simple addition: it is either infallible or it is false. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Certainty, Comparison, Error, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Generation gap, Perspective, Understanding, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Duty, Inaction, Responsibility, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
Why be something to everybody when you can be everything to somebody? Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Identity, Individuality, Relationships, 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
Each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Evolution, Influence, Rebellion, 0 Gilbert K. Chesterton
Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Depth, Love, Perception, 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