Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG, better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox." Time magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth29 May 1874
christian blow doors
We are Christians and Catholics not because we worship a key, but because we have passed a door; and felt the wind that is the trumpet of liberty blow over the land of the living.
men ordinary knows
All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
catholic reason explaining
The difficulty of explaining ‘why I am a Catholic’ is that there are ten thousand reasons all amounting to one reason: that Catholicism is true.
reality choices dignity
Hell is God's great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
world arena hopeless
ONCE remove the old arena of theological quarrels, and you will throw open the whole world to the most horrible, the most hopeless, the most endless, the most truly interminable quarrels; the untheological quarrels.
order giving looks
Were Patrick Henry to return to earth and look around on the vast economic order of the day, he might revise his observation and merely say ‘Give me death’-the alternative being manifestly impossible under modern conditions.
rose thorns crowns
A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
men may said
Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being.
dog gone appearance
Time and again, the Faith has to all appearances gone to the dogs. But each time, it was the dog that died.
believe tolerance virtue
Tolerance is the virtue of those who don't believe anything.
pain smell vivid
Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.
food people want
Gluttony is a great fault; but we do not necessarily dislike a glutton. We only dislike the glutton when he becomes a gourmet-that is, we only dislike him when he not only wants the best for himself, but knows what is best for other people.
inspirational inspirational-life adventure
Adventure is the champagne of life.
wall discipline catholic
Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.