G. K. Chesterton ( 10 of 64 )
The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.
The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.
People generally quarrel because they can't argue.
People generally quarrel because they can't argue.
We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
Continuing a series on God and the human condition: That Jones shall worship the "god within him" turns out read more
Continuing a series on God and the human condition: That Jones shall worship the "god within him" turns out ultimately to mean that Jones shall worship Jones. Let Jones worship the sun or moon -- anything rather than the Inner Light; let Jones worship cats or crocodiles, if he can find any in his street, but not the god within. Christianity came into the world firstly in order to assert with violence that a man had not only to look inwards, but to look outwards, to behold with astonishment and enthusiasm a divine company and a divine captain. The only fun of being a Christian was that a man was not left alone with the Inner Light, but definitely recognized an outer light, fair as the sun, clear as the moon, terrible as an army with banners.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove read more
When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its read more
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.
Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.
Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
