English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary & art critic.
Coincidences are spiritual puns. – G.K. Chesterton
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. – G.K. Chesterton
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? -G.K. Chesterton
“My country, right or wrong,” is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, “My mother, drunk or sober.” – G.K. Chesterton
For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy. – G.K. Chesterton
Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously. – G.K. Chesterton
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. – G.K. Chesterton
If there were no God, there would be no atheists. – G.K. Chesterton
The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic. – G.K. Chesterton
Family is the theatre of the spiritual drama, the place where things happen, especially the things that matter. – G.K. Chesterton
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