That an ape has hands is far less interesting to the philosopher than the fact that having hands he does next to nothing with them; does not play knuckle-bones or the violin; does not carve marble or carve mutton. The chasm between man and other creatures may have a natural explanation, but it is a chasm.
G.K. Chesterton in Orthodoxy
Man must have just enough faith in himself to have adventures, and just enough doubt of himself to enjoy them.
G.K. Chesterton in Orthodoxy
“I had always believed that the world involved magic: now I thought that perhaps it involved a magician. And this pointed to a profound emotion always present and sub-conscious; that this world of ours has some purpose: and if there is a purpose, there is a person. I had always felt life first as a story; and if there is a story there is a story-teller.”
G.K. Chesterton in Orthodoxy
“Evangelicals are the kind of responsible citizens most Americans appreciate as neighbors but don’t want to spend much time with.”
Philip Yancey in the Introduction to Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
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