Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.Father Brown
A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher.G. K. Chesterton
It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.Father Brown
You attacked reason. It’s bad theology.Father Brown
Mysticism keeps men sane. As long as you have mystery you have health.G. K. Chesterton
Magic is a great word for describing something that science does not understand.Father Brown
It is still bad taste to be an avowed atheist. But now it is equally bad taste to be an avowed Christian.G. K. Chesterton
Reason and justice grip the remotest and the loneliest star. Look at those stars. Don't they look as if they were single diamonds and sapphires? Well, you can imagine any mad botany or geology you please. Think of forests of adamant with leaves of brilliants. Think the moon is a blue moon, a single elephantine sapphire. But don't fancy that all that frantic astronomy would make the smallest difference to the reason and justice of conduct. On plains of opal, under cliffs cut out of pearl, you would still find a notice-board, 'Thou shalt not steal.'G. K. Chesterton
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.G. K. Chesterton