G. K. Chesterton ( 10 of 64 )
Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597 Those who charged the Christians with burning down Rome with fire brands were read more
Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597 Those who charged the Christians with burning down Rome with fire brands were slanderers -- but they were, at least, far nearer to the nature of Christianity than those among the moderns who tell us that the Christians were a sort of ethical society, being martyred in a languid fashion for telling men they had a duty to their neighbours, and only mildly disliked because they were meek and mild!
Continuing a series on God and the human condition: That Jones shall worship the "god within him" turns out read more
Continuing a series on God and the human condition: That Jones shall worship the "god within him" turns out ultimately to mean that Jones shall worship Jones. Let Jones worship the sun or moon -- anything rather than the Inner Light; let Jones worship cats or crocodiles, if he can find any in his street, but not the god within. Christianity came into the world firstly in order to assert with violence that a man had not only to look inwards, but to look outwards, to behold with astonishment and enthusiasm a divine company and a divine captain. The only fun of being a Christian was that a man was not left alone with the Inner Light, but definitely recognized an outer light, fair as the sun, clear as the moon, terrible as an army with banners.
If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.
If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.
We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its read more
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove read more
When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve.
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.
