More quotes by G.K. Chesterton

"As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly."
"Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle."
"Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid."
"I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a story-teller"
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."