Science boasts of the distance of its stars; of the terrific remoteness of the things of which it has to speak. But poetry and religion always insist upon the proximity, the almost menacing closeness of the things with which they are concerned. Always the Kingdom of Heaven is "At Hand."
Gilbert K. ChestertonIt is unpardonable conceit not to laugh at your own jokes. Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one's soul. Do not fancy you can be a detached wit and avoid being a buffoon; you cannot. If you are the Court Jester you must be the Court Fool.
Gilbert K. ChestertonChastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
Gilbert K. ChestertonIn a world flagrant with the failures of civilization, what is there particularly immortal about our own?
Gilbert K. ChestertonAll architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.
Gilbert K. Chesterton