A blog dedicated to providing quotes by and posts relating to one of the most influential (and quotable!) authors of the twentieth century, G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936). If you do not know much about GKC, I suggest visiting the webpage of the American Chesterton Society as well as this wonderful Chesterton Facebook Page by a fellow Chestertonian

I also have created a list detailing examples of the influence of Chesterton if you are interested, that I work on from time to time.

(Moreover, for a list of short GKC quotes, I have created one here, citing the sources)

"...Stevenson had found that the secret of life lies in laughter and humility."

-Heretics (1905)
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Friday, July 4, 2014

"The more transcendental is your patriotism, the more practical are your politics."

The man who is most likely to ruin the place he loves is exactly the man who loves it with a reason. The man who will improve the place is the man who loves it without a reason. If a man loves some feature of Pimlico (which seems unlikely), he may find himself defending that feature against Pimlico itself. But if he simply loves Pimlico itself, he may lay it waste and turn it into the New Jerusalem. I do not deny that reform may be excessive; I only say that it is the mystic patriot who reforms [...] The more transcendental is your patriotism, the more practical are your politics."
-Orthodoxy (1908)

2 comments:

Greg Aitchison said...

Howdy!

I’ve been collecting faith-related quotes (over 1,000 of them!) for over 15 years and finally decided to organize them all and share them with the world. I recently created www.CatholicQuotations.com and would love for you to pay it a visit and share any quotes of your own!

Thanks for your great website, and God bless!
Greg

Mike said...

I apologize for not replying for so long. Thank-you for your link! I shall indeed visit it. God bless!

Mike