As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is a mere flattery or platitude. It is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a strength at all. Like all the Christian virtues, it is as unreasonable as it is indispensable. | |
— Gilbert K. Chesterton | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Organized Skepticism |
2019 | An Interest In Life |
2018 | Two: A Current President With Both |
2017 | Watch This Space |
2016 | Beyond The Foundation |
2015 | Become An Affliction |
2014 | Just Setting Out |
2013 | Scott’s Inscription |
2012 | Good Knowledge |
2011 | Social Safety Nets |
Posts Tagged ‘Gilbert K. Chesterton’
I Hope Not
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Flattery, G. K. Chesterton, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Hope, Philosophy, Platitudes, Quotes, Strength, Virtues on March 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Woe Is Me…
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged G. K. Chesterton, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Philosophy, Quotes on January 22, 2018| 1 Comment »
Woe unto them that keep a God like a silk hat, that believe not in God, but in a God. Woe unto them that are pompous for they will sooner or later be ridiculous. Woe unto them that are tired of everything, for everything will certainly be tired of them. Woe unto them that cast out everything, for out of everything they will be cast out. Woe unto the flippant, for they shall receive flippancy. Woe unto them that are scornful for they shall receive scorn. Woe unto him that considers his hair foolishly, for his hair will be made the type of him. Woe unto him that is smart, for men will hold him smart always, even when he is serious. | |
— G. K. Chesterton | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Sincerely Yours |
2016 | Only Good To Say |
2015 | A Series Of Temporary Conditions |
2014 | Gaps |
2013 | Duty |
2012 | Cost Not Price |
Superheroes | |
2011 | The Simple Normalcy Of Everyday Life – “Squirrel!” |
Alas, Too Often The Latter
Posted in Quotes, Reading, tagged Gilbert K. Chesterton, On Reading, Quotes on May 26, 2016| 2 Comments »
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. | |
–– Gilbert K. Chesterton | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | Either / Or |
2014 | Memorial Day – 2014 |
Perfection | |
2013 | Memorial Day Video |
Equal = Equal | |
2012 | Congrats, Nephew!! |
Doggie Vision Networks | |
The Flash: Omnibus | |
JLI: vol 1 | |
Flash: Rebirth | |
Burning Images | |
What Do You Believe? | |
2011 | Are We Still At War With The Poor? |
Truth Telling
Posted in Quotes, Writing, tagged Gilbert K. Chesterton, On Writing, Quotes on May 15, 2016| 1 Comment »
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. | |
–– Gilbert K. Chesterton | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | To Be Effective In The Modern World |
2014 | A Little Cover |
2013 | Binding |
2012 | Lift |
2011 | Another Good Movie, Another Excellent Book |
miSFits | |
I’m Just Not Sure | |
What Have You Learned (Gently) Lately?
Posted in Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Education, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Quotes on October 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
No man who worships education has got the best out of education… Without a gentle contempt for education no man’s education is complete. | |
— Gilbert K. Chesterton | |
[Of course, I would emphasize the word “gentle“. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | Ignore The Man Behind The Curtain |
For A Time | |
2012 | What Are Your True Measurements |
2011 | What It Is All About |
2010 | The Magnificent Seven |
Giants Fever!! |
Rights
Posted in Other Blogs, Politics, Quotes, tagged A Short History of England, Gilbert K. Chesterton, On Rights, Other Blogs, Politics, Quotes on August 27, 2014| 1 Comment »
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. | |
–– G. K. Chesterton | |
From his book: “A Short History of England“ | |
[Found at: http://interestingliterature.com/2014/05/29/10-great-quotations-from-g-k-chesterton/ — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | Do Bold Things |
2012 | Seven Causes |
2011 | I Feel A Tingle Coming On |
All Of My Best Ideas Come While Walking…
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Gilbert K. Chesterton, Humor, On Beer, On Hot Summer Days, On The Invention Of Beer, On Walking, Quotes on July 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer’s day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented. | |
— Gilbert K. Chesterton | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | Learn To Learn |
2012 | I Remind You |
2011 | Respect And Prestige |
2010 | Living Legends (Willie Nelson) and the Gettysburg Address |
Pass The Soul
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Education, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Philosophy, Quotes, Society on July 19, 2014| 1 Comment »
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. | |
— Gilbert K. Chesterton | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | Zapping Music And Art |
2012 | Not Quite Fantastic |
That Kid Is Back | |
2011 | Wolves At The Door |
2010 | I’m Feeling Patriotic… (Well, more than usual, anyway.) |
Beating the Heat… |