Gilbert K. Chesterton

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#cell #chamber #cushioned #difference #inch

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#bigot #call #definite #dogma #end

What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather not finding them in the familiar place. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#affects #familiar #familiar things #finding #foreign

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#call #impartiality #indifference #may #mean

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#prefer #talk #threes #while #women

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#children #christmas time #filled #filling #god

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#look #parade #rain #rainbow #rains

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#garden #heaven #human #human life #life

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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