What did Gilbert K. Chesterton mean by: No man’s really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might be. - Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy
+ The old religionist cried out for his god. The new religionist cries out for some god to be his. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Cried, Cry, Spiritual Life, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Issues, Moral, Principles, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Complaining, Poor, Rich, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ My brain and this world don’t fit each other; and there’s an end of it. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Brain, Fit, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Arguing, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Artist, Creative, Criticism, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ There are an infinity of angles at which one falls, only one at which one stands. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Infinity, Orthodoxy, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Hate, Time, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
