More quotes by G.K. Chesterton

"The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the mathematician tries to get the heavens into his head."
"There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable."
"No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete."
"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people."
"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."