G K Chesterton (1874 – 1936) ~ Quote of the Day

 

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936), English writer, who wrote on philosophy, ontology, poetry, plays, journalism, public lectures and debates, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction.  Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox".  Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."  Chesterton, as a political thinker, cast aspersions on both progressivism and conservatism, saying, "The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives.  The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes.  The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected."  George Bernard Shaw, Chesterton's "friendly enemy" according to Time, said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius."  Biographers have identified him as a successor to such Victorian authors as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, John Henry Cardinal Newman, and John Ruskin.

"Every one on this earth should believe, amid whatever madness
 or moral failure, that his life and temperament have some object
 on the earth.  Every one on the earth should believe that he has
 something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given."
                                                                                   ~ GK Chesterton