St Thomas (Aqinas) loved books and lived on books... When asked for what he thanked God most, he answered simply, ‘I have understood every page I ever read’.
Gilbert K. ChestertonAtheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative.
Gilbert K. ChestertonIs ditchwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.
Gilbert K. ChestertonIt is better to speak wisdom foolishly like the saints than to speak folly wisely like the deans.
Gilbert K. ChestertonIF we desire European civilization to be a raid and a rescue, we shall insist rather that souls are in real peril than that their peril is ultimately unreal. And if we wish to exalt the outcast and the crucified, we shall rather wish to think that a veritable God was crucified, rather than a mere sage or hero. Above all, if we wish to protect the poor we shall be in favour of fixed rules and clear dogmas. The rules of a club are occasionally in favour of the poor member. The drift of a club is always in favour of the rich one.
Gilbert K. Chesterton