Gilbert K. Chesterton

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#architecture #castle #clouds #rules

Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#burden #camel #free #freeing #him

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#badly #being #governed #objected #poor

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#critical #granted #gratitude #life #take

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#feel #god #i #i can #into

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#good #joke #religion #test #whether

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#enough #get #money #must #stupid

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#doing #thing #worth

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#broken #happy #his #life #loved

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#another #generation #passes #simply #society