Tuesday, August 12, 2003
I'm reading...
Heretics by G.K. Chesterton, also the author of the Father Brown mystery series. My favorite mystery novels are written by British authors like Chesterton, Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There is a certain suspense element in their books that I admire. But Chesterton was more than a mystery novelist, he was also a fascinating Christian thinker. Here are a few quotes to ponder from Chesterton that I picked up today:
"The men who have been really bold artists, the realistic artists, the uncompromising artists, are the men who have turned out, after all, to be writing 'with a purpose.'"
"It is ludicrous to suppose that the more skeptical we are the more good we see in everything. It is clear that the more we are certain what good is, the more we shall see good in everything."
"A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to be a philosopher. A man cannot have the energy to produce good art without having the energy to wish to pass beyond it. A small artist is content with art; a great artist is content with nothing except everything."
Have a thoughtful day.
Aloha, Glenn
Heretics by G.K. Chesterton, also the author of the Father Brown mystery series. My favorite mystery novels are written by British authors like Chesterton, Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There is a certain suspense element in their books that I admire. But Chesterton was more than a mystery novelist, he was also a fascinating Christian thinker. Here are a few quotes to ponder from Chesterton that I picked up today:
"The men who have been really bold artists, the realistic artists, the uncompromising artists, are the men who have turned out, after all, to be writing 'with a purpose.'"
"It is ludicrous to suppose that the more skeptical we are the more good we see in everything. It is clear that the more we are certain what good is, the more we shall see good in everything."
"A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to be a philosopher. A man cannot have the energy to produce good art without having the energy to wish to pass beyond it. A small artist is content with art; a great artist is content with nothing except everything."
Have a thoughtful day.
Aloha, Glenn
