G.K. Chesterton

"The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing.  Alas, it is much worse.  He ends up believing anything." 

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

“If there were no God, there would be no atheists.” 

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

"The Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle."

G.K. Chesterton : The Catholic Church and Conversion (20th cent)

"I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right" 

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

"A society is in Decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon." 

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

"Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble." 

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

"Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we."

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton  (Orthodoxy) 

"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people."

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

"Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything." 

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

"Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth." 

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton