More quotes by G.K. Chesterton

"There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable."
"I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else."
"A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ready to toil and die for his convictions if he is not even ready to wear a wreathe around his head for them."
"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people."
"Great truths can only be forgotten and can never be falsified."