The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
G. K. CHESTERTONBeing a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
G. K. CHESTERTONWe 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.
G. K. CHESTERTONChristianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
G. K. CHESTERTONWhen we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
G. K. CHESTERTONFairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
G. K. CHESTERTONThere are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
G. K. CHESTERTONArt, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
G. K. CHESTERTONGratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
G. K. CHESTERTONTradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
G. K. CHESTERTONHumor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
G. K. CHESTERTONUnless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
G. K. CHESTERTONI believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
G. K. CHESTERTONIt is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
G. K. CHESTERTON