Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
If we are bound to improve, we need not trouble to improve. The pure doctrine of progress is the best of all reasons for not being a progressive.
Topics
Change
Evolution
Progress
Improvement
Advancement
Betterment
Complacency
Determinism
Doctrine, Doctrines
Fatalism
Needs
Paradox, Paradoxes
Progressivism
Self-Help
Stagnation
Personal Development
Continuous Improvement
Forward Thinking
Progressive Ideology
Progressive Thinking
Self-Growth
Self-Improvement
Citations
Chesterton, G. K. Orthodoxy. John Lane, 1908, p. 200.
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton KC*SG was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. He has been referred to as the "prince of paradox". Time magazine observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."