G.K. Chesterton (1874 - 1946) , an English born poet, essayist and novelist, is regarded as one of the greatest Christian minds of the modern era. His work is legendary, and has become a point of reference and inspiration for many Christian thinkers since.
Here are some of his gems:
“To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.”
“How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.”
“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.”
“Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
“Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.”
“Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.”
“New roads; new ruts.”
4 comments:
dude thats awesome. your a great man dustan ;)
I only recently discovered Chesterton, and I am loving his stuff! Hadn't come across the fairytales quote - that's fantastic.
I run a little site where I post quotes from Chesterton weekly. You might enjoy it.
Happy Birthday Dustan. You're a good man.
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