Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes about Morality

These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.

These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Christian, Religion, Morality

"The Illustrated London News" Magazine, August 11, 1928.

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Orthodoxy, Morality, Action

"A short history of England". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1917.

If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Morality, Modern, Strengthening

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There are some desires that are not desirable.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Desire, Morality, Desirable

Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

There'd be a lot less scandal if people didn't idealize sin and pose as sinners.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

People, Scandal, Morality

A strange fanaticism fills our time: the fanatical hatred of morality, especially of Christian morality.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Christian, Hatred, Morality

Modern broad-mindedness benefits the rich; and benefits nobody else.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Benefits, Morality, Rich

It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Morality, States, Forbidden

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Mean, Morality, Justified

Truth is sacred; and if you tell the truth too often nobody will believe it.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Believe, Sacred, Morality

In the Illustrated London News, 24 February 1906.

Morality did not begin by one man saying to another, "I will not hit you if you do not hit me"; there is no trace of such a transaction. There IS a trace of both men having said, "We must not hit each other in the holy place.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Men, Holy Places, Morality

Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.49, Simon and Schuster