It is very good for a man to talk about what he does not understand; as long as he understands that he does not understand it.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWe fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man's terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
Gilbert K. ChestertonMr. McCabe thinks that I am not serious but only funny, because Mr. McCabe thinks that funny is the opposite of serious. Funny is the opposite of not funny and nothing else.
Gilbert K. ChestertonRitual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe position we have now reached is this: starting from the State, we try to remedy the failures of all the families, all the nurseries, all the schools, all the workshops, all the secondary institutions that once had some authority of their own. Everything is ultimately brought into the Law Courts. We are trying to stop the leak at the other end.
Gilbert K. Chesterton