More quotes by G.K. Chesterton

"I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward."
"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."
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
"I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else."
"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people."