Chesterton on Satire

When little boys in the street laugh at the fatness of some distinguished journalist, they are unconsciously assuming a standard of Greek sculpture. They are appealing to the marble Apollo. And the curious disappearance of satire from our literature is an instance of the fierce things fading for want of any principle to be fierce about.

~Orthodoxy

Chesterton on Choice

Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense every act is an act of self sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.

~Orthodoxy