Gilbert K. Chesterton

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.

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

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them.

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.