When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

Quote by G K Chesterton

Topics: God Quotes

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult...

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult...

The true object of all human life is play.

The true object of all human life is play.

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

Half a truth is better than no politics.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the...

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the...

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

All government is an ugly necessity.

All government is an ugly necessity.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as...

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as...

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every...

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every...

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons...

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons...

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells...

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells...

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern...

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art