When it wishes anything done which is really serious, it collects twelve of the ordinary men standing round. The same thing was done, if I remember right, by the Founder of Christianity.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWhen people impute special vices to the Christian Church, they seem entirely to forget that the world (which is the only other thing there is) has these vices much more. The Church has been cruel; but the world has been much more cruel. The Church has plotted; but the world has plotted much more. The Church has been superstitious; but it has never been so superstitious as the world is when left to itself.
Gilbert K. ChestertonChristmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.
Gilbert K. ChestertonA thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWhat we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place...The old humility was a spur that prevented a man from stopping; not a nail in his boot that prevented him from going on. For the old humility made a man doubtful about his efforts, which made him work harder. But the new humility makes a man doubtful about his aims, which will make him stop working altogether.
Gilbert K. Chesterton