K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
faith inspiration believe
Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all. And faith means believing the incredible, or it is no virtue at all.
unique church easy
In truth the Church is too unique to prove herself unique. For most popular and easy proof is by parallel; and here there is no parallel.
rags hot christianity
Christianity even when watered down is hot enough to boil all modern society to rags.
respect real people
Americans are a very backward people, with all the real virtues of a backward people; the patriarchal simplicity and human dignity of a democracy, and a respect for labor uncorrupted by cynicism.
corporations efficiency bigs
The big corporation is not in the least remarkable for efficiency; it is only too big to be blamed for its inefficiency.
wine paradise drink
The wine they drink in Paradise They make in Haute Lorraine.
book writing world
You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world.
order society world
We must be fond of the world, even in order to change it.
funny-friendship good-man fool
There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool.
children humorous men
...it is not necessary to the child to awaken to the sense of the strange and humorous by giving a man a luminous nose...to the child it is sufficiently strange and humorous to have a nose at all.
art born temporary
Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
history slides
History is not a toboggan slide, but a road to be reconsidered and even retraced
integrity dry wonder
Contemporary society has become dry, not for lack of wonders but for lack of wonder.
mistake errors important
There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.