K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
morning night up-early
Misers get up early in the morning; and burglars, I am informed, get up the night before.
hate if-there-is-a-god christian-inspirational
There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
christian religion morality
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
book world influence
The books that influence the world are those that it has not read.
clouds tree secret
Shall I tell you the secret of the whole world? It is that we have only known the back of the world. We see everything from behind, and it looks brutal. That is not a tree, but the back of a tree. That is not a cloud, but the back of a cloud. Cannot you see that everything is stooping and hiding a face? If we could only get round in front--
two people world
There are two kinds of people in the world, the conscious dogmatists and the unconscious dogmatists. I have always found myself that the unconscious dogmatists were by far the most dogmatic.
running ideas nurse
If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other--the idea that peace and happiness can only exist on some condition. This idea, which is the core of ethics, is the core of the nursery-tales.
selfish habit unselfish
Customs are generally unselfish. Habits are nearly always selfish.
madness method
There nearly always is a method in madness.
home might turnips
If you'd take your head home and boil it for a turnip it might be useful. I can't say. But it might.
dark devil idiot
Suppose, my dear Chadd, suppose it is we who are the idiots because we are not afraid of devils in the dark?
progress doctrine needs
If we are bound to improve, we need not trouble to improve. The pure doctrine of progress is the best of all reasons for not being a progressive.
two people dogma
In truth, there are only two kinds of people; those who accept dogma and know it, and those who accept dogma and don't know it.
brotherhood church world
Nobody understands the nature of the Church, or the ringing note of the creed descending from antiquity, who does not realize that the whole world once very nearly died of broadmindedness and the brotherhood of all religions.