Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Chesteron's genius

G.K. was both prolific and brilliant.  How rare a combination that is.  Not content to simply invent the genre of crime mystery (pace Sir Arthur Doyle), he filled almost literally entire bookshelves worth of philosophical and religious works.

How about a favorite quote?

"Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair."

Sounds like something an Eastern mind -- a Jewish mind -- would come up with.  It reminds me that just as "faith without works is dead" and "love without actions" is dead, religion without love is a whitewashed tomb.