If the world grows to worldly, it can be rebuked by the Church; but if the Church grows to worldly, it cannot be adequately rebuked for worldlyness by the world.
Gilbert K. ChestertonFor fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers.
Gilbert K. ChestertonTo love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
Gilbert K. ChestertonCIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
Gilbert K. ChestertonEvery one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe wise old fairy tales never were so silly as to say that the prince and the princess lived peacefully ever afterwards. The fairy tales said that the prince and princess lived happily ever afterwards; and so they did. They lived happily, although it is very likely that from time to time they threw the furniture at each other.
Gilbert K. Chesterton