"...the miracle of humanity itself should be always more vivid to us than any marvels of power..."
Obviously, the character of Gilbert/Fiddler's Green is not literally GKC, but he was modeled on GKC (Neil Gaiman being an admirer of Chesterton).
Quotes by and posts relating to one of the most influential authors of the 20th century, G.K. Chesterton
"...the miracle of humanity itself should be always more vivid to us than any marvels of power..."