Religion Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Theology is only thought applied to religion.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Coincidence is a spiritual pun.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Faith means believing the unbelievable.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

A faith is that which is able to survive a mood.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Truths turn into dogmas the instant that they are disputed. Thus every man who utters a doubt defines a religion.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The old religionist cried out for his god. The new religionist cries out for some god to be his.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Christianity even when watered down is hot enough to boil all modern society to rags.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

We do not want, as the newspapers say, a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Facts as facts do not always create a spirit of reality, because reality is a spirit.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

It is the root of all religion that a man knows that he is nothing in order to thank God that he…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The philosophy of this world may be founded on facts, but its business is run on spiritual impressions and atmospheres.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Christianity satisfies suddenly and perfectly man's ancestral instinct for being the right way up; satisfies it supremely in this, that by its…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

It is a strange thing that many truly spiritual men, such as General Gordon, have actually spent some hours in speculating upon…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

It is because artists do not practise, patrons do not patronize, crowds do not assemble to reverently worship the great work of…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all. And faith means believing the incredible, or it…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I still hold. . .that the suburbs ought to be either glorified by romance and religion or else destroyed by fire from…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The man of the true religious tradition understands two things: liberty and obedience. The first means knowing what you really want. The…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

When people talk as if the Crusades were nothing more than an aggressive raid against Islam, they seem to forget in the…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Modern masters of science are much impressed with the need of beginning all inquiry with a fact. The ancient masters of religion…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Science boasts of the distance of its stars; of the terrific remoteness of the things of which it has to speak. But…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Religious and philosophical beliefs are, indeed, as dangerous as fire, and nothing can take from them that beauty of danger. But there…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticize the government. Once abolish the…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

So far as a man may be proud of a religion rooted in humility, I am very proud of my religion; I…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

In every serious doctrine of the destiny of men, there is some trace of the doctrine of the equality of men. But…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

There is always in the healthy mind an obscure prompting that religion teaches us rather to dig than to climb; that if…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

One can no more have a private religion than one can have a private sun or a private moon.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The danger of loss of faith in God is not that one will believe in nothing, but rather that one will believe…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The sort of man who admires Italian art while despising Italian religion is a tourist and a cad.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Religious unity can look like a carnival and religious liberty can look like a funeral.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Facts by themselves can often feed the flame of madness, because sanity is a spirit.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton