Nobody understands the nature of the Church, or the ringing note of th…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
824 citations
Nobody understands the nature of the Church, or the ringing note of the creed descending from antiquity, who does not realize that the whole world once very nearly died of broadmindedness and the brotherhood of all religions.
Death Thought
25

More Author Quotes

There are no boring subjects, only disinterested minds.
The great ideals of the past failed not by being outlived (which must mean over-lived), but by not being lived enough. Mankind has not passed through the Middle Ages. Rather mankind has retreated fro … ▶
We have all forgotten what we really are. All that we call common sense and rationality and practicality and positivism only means that for certain dead levels of our life we forget that we have forg … ▶
If there were no God, there would be no atheists. ✨ Where All Roads Lead by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1922.
Contemporary society has become dry, not for lack of wonders but for lack of wonder.

Nobody understands the nature of the Church, or the ringing note of the creed descending from antiquity, who does not realize that the whole world once very nearly died of broadmindedness and the brotherhood of all religions.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes