Keith

Famous quotes containing the word keith:

    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.
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)

    One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)

    The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)