There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right it is the ideal American who is all wrong.
~ G. K. Chesterton
Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.
The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited but was defined before it existed.
We make our friends we make our enemies but God makes our next-door neighbour.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act but I do believe in a fate that falls on men unless they act.
The word 'good' has many meanings. For example if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards I should call him a good shot but not necessarily a good man.
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life and find solace in fantasy.
There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell.
Large organization is loose organization. Nay it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.
The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.
Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.
One may understand the cosmos but never the ego the self is more distant than any star.
The classes that wash most are those that work least.
A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.
One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump you may be freeing him from being a camel.
