Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always.

So Far,So Good........................So What?

It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.

To change, to convert? Why bother?

I know it's so 'in' to be blase, but that's not going to get you anywhere.

In that wide struggle which we call Progress, evil is always the aggressor and the vanquished, and it is right that this should be so, for without its onslaughts and depredations humanity might fall to a fat slumber upon its cornsacks and die snoring.

If you see somebody running down the street naked every single day, you stop looking up.

The idea of politics is just so uninteresting to me - I've never paid much attention to it. I don't believe things can really change. It doesn't matter who's president. Nothing really gets resolved. I don't know. I guess that's not the right attitude to take.

Tolerance is only another name for indifference.

The price of eternal vigilance is indifference.

Be skeptical, question authority, be a rebel. Do not conform and don’t be ordinary. Remember, all human progress is the result of far-sighted people challenging orthodoxy, tradition and rich, powerful, vested interests.

The real damage is done by those millions who want to "survive." The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don't want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won't take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don't like to make waves — or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honor, truth, and principles are only literature.

We actually became just what it was that we'd set out to make fun of.

I've stopped questioning things and how things work.

I don't want to be complacent.

If you're bored and you look bored, that's your fault.

Strange enough how creatures of the human-kind shut their eyes to plainest facts; and by the mere inertia of Oblivion and Stupidity, live at ease in the midst of Wonders and Terrors. But indeed man is, and was always, a blockhead and dullard; much readier to feel and digest, than to think and consider. Prejudice, which he pretends to hate, is his absolute lawgiver; mere use-and-wont everywhere leads him by the nose; thus let but a Rising of the Sun, let but a Creation of the World happen twice, and it ceases to be marvellous, to be noteworthy, or noticeable.

It is the leisured, I have noticed, who rebel the most at an interruption of routine.

It's uncomfortable to challenge the status quo.

Wherever people feel safe — they will be indifferent.

Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church...so long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. Lukewarm people tend to choose what is popular over what is right. Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want to be saved from the penalty of their sin. Lukewarm people rarely share their faith with their neighbors, coworkers, or friends. Lukewarm people are thankful for their luxuries and comforts, and rarely consider trying to give as much as possible to the poor.

To do peace, you must get up off your apathy.