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“Similarly, for instance, we cannot prove the moral force of a peasantry by pointing to one peasant; we might almost as well reveal the military force of infantry by pointing to one infant.”
― The G.K. Chesterton Collection II [46 Books]
― The G.K. Chesterton Collection II [46 Books]
“If a man had a hundred houses, there would still be more houses than he had days in which to dream of them; if a man had a hundred wives, there would still be more women than he could ever know. He would be an insane sultan jealous of the whole human race, and even of the dead and the unborn. I believe that behind the art and philosophy of our time there is a considerable element of this bottomless ambition and this unnatural hunger; and since in these last words I am touching only lightly on things that would need much larger treatment, I will admit that the rending of the ancient roof of man is probably only a part of such an endless and empty expansion.”
― The G.K. Chesterton Collection II [46 Books]
― The G.K. Chesterton Collection II [46 Books]
“Beloved, do not be deceived by such thinking. The gospel of self is everywhere, and it tastes sweet, like wine. Which is why we must drink all the more deeply of God’s Word—so that our hearts are not deceived: God is about his glory. God loves you, and your highest good is to be about his glory too.”
― Talking Back to Purity Culture: Rediscovering Faithful Christian Sexuality
― Talking Back to Purity Culture: Rediscovering Faithful Christian Sexuality
“If we talk about sexual purity apart from the gospel, we will create chaste Pharisees instead of imperfect disciples. Obedience is a response to grace, not a ladder to heaven.”
― Talking Back to Purity Culture: Rediscovering Faithful Christian Sexuality
― Talking Back to Purity Culture: Rediscovering Faithful Christian Sexuality
“Folk-lore means that the soul is sane, but that the universe is wild and full of marvels. Realism means that the world is dull and full of routine, but that the soul is sick and screaming. The problem of the fairy tale is–what will a healthy man do with a fantastic world? The problem of the modern novel is–what will a madman do with a dull world? In the fairy tales the cosmos goes mad; but the hero does not go mad. In the modern novels the hero is mad before the book begins, and suffers from the harsh steadiness and cruel sanity of the cosmos.”
― The G.K. Chesterton Collection II [46 Books]
― The G.K. Chesterton Collection II [46 Books]
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