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
hate if-there-is-a-god christian-inspirational
There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
god men animal
Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head.
love god believe
Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it.
christmas grateful thank-you-god
Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
believe men believe-in-god
When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
long god-love one-love
The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
god atheist christian-inspirational
If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
believe men believe-in-god
When men cease to believe in God, they will believe in anything
god mean wine
Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.
drinking beer thank-god
We should thank God for beer and burgundy by not drinking too much of them.
funny friendship god
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
action believe falls however men unless
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
catching discovered miss train
The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before.
christian difficult found ideal left tried
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.