Thursday's Thought for the Day....

Normally, I only post one quote on a Thursday.  However, this morning, after double checking the information on the open-minded quote I came across in my notebook, I discovered a few more quotes by the same author that seemed to strike a chord with me.  I felt compelled to share them also.  In looking further, I discovered some interesting details about the author, a small portion of which is listed below.

“Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.” 
― G.K. Chesterton

“Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.” 
― G.K. Chesterton

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” 
― G.K. Chesterton

**Source: Good Reads     www.goodreads.com

"G.K. Chesterton

Author profile

born

in Kensington, London, The United Kingdom 

May 29, 1874

died

June 14, 1936

gender

male

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) cannot be summed up in one sentence. Nor in one paragraph. In fact, in spite of the fine biographies that have been written of him (and his Autobiography), he has never been captured between the covers of one book. But rather than waiting to separate the goats from the sheep, let’s just come right out and say it: G.K. Chesterton was the best writer of the twentieth century. He said something about everything and he said it better than anybody else. But he was no mere wordsmith. He was very good at expressing himself, but more importantly, he had something very good to express. The reason he was the greatest writer of the twentieth century was because he was also the greatest thinker of the twentieth century. 

Born in London, Chesterton was educated at St. Paul’s, but never went to college. He went to art school. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he considered himself primarily a journalist. He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays, including 30 years worth of weekly columns for the Illustrated London News, and 13 years of weekly columns for the Daily News. He also edited his own newspaper, G.K.’s Weekly. (To put it into perspective, four thousand essays is the equivalent of writing an essay a day, every day, for 11 years. If you’re not impressed, try it some time. But they have to be good essays, all of them, as funny as they are serious, and as readable and rewarding a century after you've written them.).... "

There is more text about this author to be found on the above mentioned website.  Worth a look, I think.