“I did my 40 years in Washington, 40-plus, and it's time to pause and reflect and think about what I've seen and done.” Quote by Dick Cheney
“Any one thinking of the Holy Child as born in December would mean by it exactly what we mean by it; that Christ is not merely a summer sun of the prosperous but a winter fire for the unfortunate.” ThinkingMeanChildrenChristBornSunFireHolySummerWinterChristmasUnfortunateProsperousDecemberSummer Sun Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The more we are proud that the Bethlehem story is plain enough to be understood by the shepherds, and almost by the sheep, the more do we let ourselves go, in dark and gorgeous imaginative frescoes or pageants about the mystery and majesty of the Three Magian Kings.” EnoughStoriesThreeDarkMysteryProudKingsUnderstoodChristmasSheepGorgeousImaginativeMajestyShepherdsPageantBethlehem Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The great majority of people will go on observing forms that cannot be explained; they will keep Christmas Day with Christmas gifts and Christmas benedictions; they will continue to do it; and some day suddenly wake up and discover why.” PeopleFormGoes OnWake UpMajorityChristmasCatholicismObservingChristmas DayChristmas GiftBenediction Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“It's not that we don't have enough scoundrels to curse; it's that we don't have enough good men to curse them.” MenEnoughMoralityCatholicCurseGood ManScoundrels Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.” WholeHalfVirtueMoralityTruth IsCatholicVicesAlliesHalf TruthWhole Truth Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Truth is sacred; and if you tell the truth too often nobody will believe it.” IfsBelieveMoralityTruth IsSacredTelling The Truth Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Civilization has run on ahead of the soul of man, and is producing faster than he can think and give thanks.” ThinkingMenGivingSoulRunningMoralityCivilizationThanksFasterConsumerismOverconsumption Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“There'd be a lot less scandal if people didn't idealize sin and pose as sinners.” PeopleIfsSinMoralitySinnerScandal Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“All men thirst to confess their crimes more than tired beasts thirst for water; but they naturally object to confessing them while other people, who have also committed the same crimes, sit by and laugh at them.” PeopleMenWaterLaughingCrimeObjectsMoralityTiredCommittedBeastThirstConfessing Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.” MenShouldWarSpiritualLawEconomicMoralityDevilCommittedCorruptionAlcoholSettingSettingsCowardiceIdolatryFalse Gods Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton