I recently came across some great and thought provoking quotes attributed to G.K. Chesterton, which I believe hold as much wisdom and insight for us as when he originally spoke or penned these adages:

The real difference between Francis and Dominic, which is no discredit to either of them, is that Dominic did happen to be confronted with a huge campaign for the conversion of heretics, while Francis had only the more subtle task of the conversion of human beings. It is an old story that, while we may need somebody like Dominic to convert the heathen to Christianity, we are in even greater need of somebody like Francis, to convert the Christians to Christianity.

-G.K. Chesterton

Just going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.

-G.K. Chesterton

Beware of no man more than yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

-G.K. Chesterton

If there were no God, there would be no Atheists.

-G.K. Chesterton

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies, probably because they are generally the same people.

-G.K. Chesterton

The most astonishing thing about miracles is that they happen.

-G.K. Chesterton

The rich are the scum of the Earth in every country.

-G.K. Chesterton

Marriage is a duel to the death which no man of honor should decline.

-G.K. Chesterton

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

-G.K. Chesterton

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.

– G.K. Chesterton

Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God.

– G.K. Chesterton

I have little doubt that when St. George had killed the dragon he was heartily afraid of the princess.

– G.K. Chesterton

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

-G.K. Chesterton