There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right it is the ideal American who is all wrong.

— G. K. Chesterton

There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.

— G. K. Chesterton

The true object of all human life is play.

— G. K. Chesterton

The true object of human life is play.

— G. K. Chesterton

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

— G. K. Chesterton

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards I should call him a good shot but not necessarily a good man.

— G. K. Chesterton

To be clever enough to get all that money one must be stupid enough to want it.

— G. K. Chesterton

To be simple is the best thing in the world.

— G. K. Chesterton

True contentment is the power of getting of any situation all that there is in it.

— G. K. Chesterton

True contentment... is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

— G. K. Chesterton