 The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| 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. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
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| When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| God, who is liberal in all his other gifts, shows us, by the wise economy of his providence, how circumspect we ought to be in the management of our time, for he never gives us two moments together. Author: Francois Fenelon |
| It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits, than to say that our lives and habits depend on our opinions. Author: Frederick W. Robertson |
| The truest view of life has always seemed to me to be that which shows that we are here not to enjoy, but to learn. Author: Frederick W. Robertson |
