Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.

When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.

Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot.

Those who lack all idea that it is possible to be wrong can learn nothing except know-how.

The dumbest people I know are those who know it all.

How prone we are to come to the consideration of every question with heads and hearts pre-occupied! How prone to shrink from any opinion, however reasonable, if it be opposed to any, however unreasonable, of our own! How disposed are we to judge, in anger, those who call upon us to think, and encourage us to enquire! To question our prejudices seems nothing less than sacrilege; to break the chains of our ignorance, nothing short of impiety!

The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.

Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the powerTo reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.

Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions.

The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.

Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is the sign of a narrow mind, of an uncultivated intelligence. Bigotry is always ignorant, and the wise boy, who will become the wise man, tries to understand and to see the truth in ideas with which he does not agree.

The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.

I doubt about myself. I think doubts are good in life. The people who don't have doubts I think only two things-arrogance or not intelligence.

Believing that what you do not know cannot exist is the crown of ignorance.

To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.

Pride comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find for being proud. Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once the pedestal is removed - pride will soon come down.

You can get into a habit of thought in which you enjoy making fun of all those other people who don't see things as clearly as you do. We have to guard carefully against it.

Question is, are you bozos smart enough to feel stupid?

Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.

You see I kept asking myself then: why am I so stupid that if others are stupid—and I know they are—yet I won't be wiser?

It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.

There is no more certain sign of a narrow mind, of stupidity, and of arrogance, than to stand aloof from those who think differently from us.

Anyone who makes up their mind about an issue before they hear the issue is a fool.

Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride.