Varied Types Quotes

“He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Varied Types

“Moderation is not a compromise; moderation is a passion; the passion of great judges.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Varied Types

“We are learning to do a great many clever things…The next great task will be to learn not to do them.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Varied Types

“We are in the presence of a thousand lies all pointing with their fantastic fingers to one undiscovered truth.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Varied Types

“The detail over which these monks went mad with joy was the universe itself;
the only thing really worthy of enjoyment. The white daylight shone
over all the world, the endless forests stood up in their order. The lightning awoke and the tree fell and the sea gathered into mountains and the ship went down, and all these disconnected and meaningless and terrible objects were all part of one dark and fearful conspiracy of goodness, one merciless scheme of mercy.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Varied Types