The fact is that purification and austerity are even more necessary for the appreciation of life and laughter than for anything else. To let no bird fly past unnoticed, to spell the stones and weeds, to have the mind a storehouse of sunset, requires a discipline in pleasure and an education in gratitude.


Wit and Wisdom of G. K. Chesterton (ed. 1911)

G. K. Chesterton Quotes

The fact is that purification and austerity are even more necessary for the appreciation of life and laughter than for anything else. To let no bird...

The fact is that purification and austerity are even more necessary for the appreciation of life and laughter than for anything else. To let no bird...

The fact is that purification and austerity are even more necessary for the appreciation of life and laughter than for anything else. To let no bird...

The fact is that purification and austerity are even more necessary for the appreciation of life and laughter than for anything else. To let no bird...