Happy birthday, Mr. Chesterton #borntoday pic.twitter.com/rQ1cmwiqzb
— Susan Meissner (@SusanMeissner) May 29, 2014
May 29 is the birthday of the great Gilbert Keith Chesterton, author, poet, raconteur, and master of the quotable one-liner. The American Chesterton Society explains why there’s such a fuss about G.K. Chesterton.
All the issues we struggle with in the 21st century, Chesterton foresaw, and wrote about, in the early 20th century. Social injustice, the culture of death, statism, assaults on religion, and attacks on the family and on the dignity of the human person: Chesterton saw where these trends, already active in his time, would lead us. He was a witty, intelligent, and insightful defender of the poor, the downtrodden, the weak, and especially of the family. He loved good beer, good wine, and good cigars. He wrote in just about every genre: history, biography, novels, poetry, short stories, apologetics and theology, economic works, and more.
People honored him by sharing their favorite quotations and pictures.
Quotable – G.K. Chesterton http://t.co/Q0CAjtTRT3 born 29 May 1874, died 1936 pic.twitter.com/3Yd7Lvbttc
— Amanda Patterson (@amandaonwriting) May 29, 2014
GK9 Chesterton's favorite day "@mattswaim: Happy 140th birthday, G.K. Chesterton! @AmChestertonSoc @CoachRobinson1" pic.twitter.com/6YtKMi3T7x
— corey robinson (@CoachRobinson1) May 29, 2014
There’s definitely a resemblance.
Happy birthday to British writer/poet/playwright G. K. Chesterton (May 29, 1874). The 1908 novel "The Man Who Was Thursday" et al.
— Book_Addict (@Book_Addict) May 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/chattie_nattie/status/472166542658924545
“The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.” – GK Chesterton, Happy 140th Birthday GK
— Andy Lambert (@AndyLambertAndy) May 29, 2014
Before the day ends, happy birthday to GK #Chesterton! pic.twitter.com/nXc0UcVQZK
— Carlos D. Villamayor (@CDvillamayorl) May 29, 2014
"Right is right even if nobody does it." Happy Birthday to G.K. Chesterton. #Chesterton #Catholic pic.twitter.com/f4WUtinO5w
— LPi (@4LPi) May 29, 2014
Happy Birthday to G.K. Chesterton, born on this day in 1874. pic.twitter.com/lLllw6pr4o
— Pinstripe Pulpit (@PinstripePulpit) May 29, 2014
For Chesterton’s Birthday, a 30-Quote Salute! http://t.co/490x3PR8Vd via @TheAnchoress #GKC
— TheAnchoress (@TheAnchoress) May 29, 2014
Happy birthday G.K. Chesterton! #quoteoftheday http://t.co/tKkKrtqkhy
— 8-{)} MN Kilmer (@marknkilmer) May 29, 2014
"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author." G.K. Chesterton
— Ryan Schneider (@RyanLSchneider) May 30, 2014
There is a great difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. ~ G. K. Chesterton
— Life Optimizer (@lifeoptimizer) May 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/jeremycasella/status/472165304198782976
“Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.” – G. K. Chesterton
— BLACK CONSERVATIVE (@blackrepublican) May 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/rjmoeller/status/472082288193581056
https://twitter.com/davejrthefirst/status/472183051192397824
“There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.” -G.K. Chesterton
— The 8th Motive (@8thmotive) May 29, 2014
“The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.” – G. K. Chesterton #quote
— |||| ||| |||| (@Barcode_Nation) May 29, 2014
Amen to that.
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