More quotes by G.K. Chesterton

"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity."
"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."
"To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless."
"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people."
"There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable."