K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
anyone blasphemy doubts itself religion survive
Blasphemy itself could not survive religion; if anyone doubts that, let him try to blaspheme Odin.
practice religion may
I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
moon religion sun
One can no more have a private religion than one can have a private sun or a private moon.
mad people religion
People have fallen into a foolish habit of speaking of orthodoxy as something heavy, humdrum, and safe. There never was anything so perilous or so exciting as orthodoxy. It was sanity: and to be sane is more dramatic than to be mad.
atheist religion atheism
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
christian religion morality
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
religion tests childlike-faith
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
men religion thousand
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
although gentleman vulgar
Tea, although an Oriental, / Is a gentleman at least; / Cocoa is a cad and coward, / Cocoa is a vulgar beast.
england pass pay people quite smile spoken
Smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget. / For we are the people of England, that never have spoken yet.
anyone earth life mystery point riddle
We all feel the riddle of the earth without anyone to point it out. The mystery of life is the plainest part of it.
alas england graves rule
And they that rule in England, / In stately conclave met, / Alas, alas for England / They have no graves as yet.
cute-love loved man short sweet-love
Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.
cease happens nowadays people retirement work worst
The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.