Gilbert Keith Chesterton híres idézetei
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Idézetek az emberekről
VII. Örök forradalom
Igazságot! (Orthodoxy) (1909)
VI. A kereszténység paradoxonai
Igazságot! (Orthodoxy) (1909)
Eretnekek (1905)
„Addig egyetlen ember sem tudja, hogy fiatal, amíg fiatal.”
Idézetek forrás nélkül
IV. Tündérország etikája
Igazságot! (Orthodoxy) (1909)
„… az emberi nem, amelyhez oly sok olvasóm is tartozik…”
Idézetek forrás nélkül
Gilbert Keith Chesterton idézetek
1. Két kolduló barát
Aquinói Szent Tamás (1933)
„Ha elismerésre horgászol, legjobb csalid a szerénység.”
Idézetek forrás nélkül
„Egy macska nem kompromisszum a kutya és az egér között.”
Idézetek forrás nélkül

II. A negatív szellemről
Eretnekek (1905)
4. Elmélkedés a manicheusokról
Aquinói Szent Tamás (1933)
7. Az örökkévaló filozófia
Aquinói Szent Tamás (1933)
IX. Tekintély és kaland
Igazságot! (Orthodoxy) (1909)
IX. Tekintély és kaland
Igazságot! (Orthodoxy) (1909)
„Isten rejtélyei sokkal megnyugtatóbbak, mint az ember megoldásai.”
Idézetek forrás nélkül
Gilbert Keith Chesterton: Idézetek angolul
Forrás: The Victorian Age in Literature (1913), Ch. II: The Great Victorian Novelists (p. 73)
The Illustrated London News (14 December 1907)
G. K. Chesterton könyv The Innocence of Father Brown
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) The Queer Feet
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)
The Dagger with Wings (1926)
G. K. Chesterton könyv The Everlasting Man
The Everlasting Man (1925)
A popular internet misattribution.[citation needed] A number of variants of the "rain on your parade" theme appear, with different sources
Misattributed
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens Chapter III "Pickwick Papers" (1911)
“A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both.”
G. K. Chesterton könyv William Blake
"William Blake" (1920)
Twelve Types (1903) Charles II
As quoted in Mackay's The Harvest of a Quiet Eye, A Selection of Scientific Quotations (1977), p. 34
“Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.”
As quoted in "The Sleep of Trees" (1980) by Jane Yolen, in Tales of Wonder (1983) by Jane Yolen, p. 33
“The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.”
G. K. Chesterton könyv The Innocence of Father Brown
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) The Blue Cross
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)
“All government is an ugly necessity.”
A Short History of England (1917)
“One can sometimes do good by being the right person in the wrong place.”
G. K. Chesterton könyv The Innocence of Father Brown
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) The Sins of Prince Saradine
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)
“A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been the boy.”
Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton, Joseph Pearce
Misattributed
“All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.”
G. K. Chesterton könyv The Defendant
" A Defense of Slang http://books.google.com/books?id=8WpaAAAAMAAJ&q=&quot;all+slang+is+metaphor+and+all+metaphor+is+poetry&quot;&pg=PA110#v=onepage" <br class="br">The Defendant (1901)
According to Larry Azar (Evolution and Other Fairy Tales, AuthorHouse, 2005, p. 470), Chesterton made this statement on 16 March 1907
“It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.”
Cleveland Press (1 March 1921)
Forrás: Utopia of Usurers (1917), pp. 15-17
“Silver is sometimes more valuable than gold, that is, in large quantities.”
G. K. Chesterton könyv The Innocence of Father Brown
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) The Queer Feet
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)
“All revolutions are doctrinal — such as the French one, or the one that introduced Christianity.”
G. K. Chesterton könyv The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904)
The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904)
“The poor object to being governed badly, while the rich object to being governed at all.”
As quoted in Grace at the Table : Ending Hunger in God's World (1999) by David M. Beckmann abd Arthur R. Simon, p. 156
“A man knocking on the door of a brothel is looking for God.”
The source is actually a 1945 book by Bruce Marshall, The World, The Flesh, and Father Smith, in which he says, "...the young man who rings the bell at the brothel is unconsciously looking for God."
Misattributed
