What was wonderful about childhood is that anything in it was a wonder…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
824 citations
What was wonderful about childhood is that anything in it was a wonder. It was not merely a world full of miracles; it was a miraculous world. ✨ Autobiography. Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1936.
Reading
28

More Author Quotes

A thing may be too sad to be believed or too wicked to be believed or too good to be believed; but it cannot be too absurd to be believed in this planet of frogs and elephants, of crocodiles and cutt … ▶
If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment. … ▶
When learned men begin to use their reason, then I generally discover that they haven't got any. ✨ The Illustrated London News Magazine, November 7, 1908.
Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back. ✨ What's Wrong with the World by G. K. Chesterton, (Part … ▶
It is the mark of our whole modern history that the masses are kept quiet with a fight. They are kept quiet by the fight because it is a sham-fight; thus most of us know by this time that the Party S … ▶

What was wonderful about childhood is that anything in it was a wonder. It was not merely a world full of miracles; it was a miraculous world. ✨ Autobiography. Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1936.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes