Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes About Fear
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is a very alarming place. They dislike being alone because it is verily and indeed an awful idea to be alone. Barbarians fear the unknown for the same reason that Agnostics worship it - because it is a fact.
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No man should leave in the universe anything of which he is afraid.
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Forms of expression always appear turgid to those who do not share the emotions they represent.
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We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man's terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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If the barricades went up in our streets and the poor became masters, I think the priests would escape, I fear the gentlemen would; but I believe the gutters would simply be running with the blood of philanthropists.
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