Thursday, February 24, 2005

Chesterton Quote of the Day

It is constantly assumed, especially in our Tolstoian tendencies, that when the lion lies down with the lamb the lion becomes lamb-like. But that is brutal annexation and imperialism on the part of the lamb. That is simply the lamb absorbing the lion instead of the lion eating the lamb. The real problem is -- Can the lion lie down with the lamb and still retain his royal ferocity? That is the problem the Church attempted; that is the miracle she achieved. (Orthodoxy)

Via Chesterton Day By Day.

1 Comments:

At 9:01 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I walked a mile with Pleasure.
She chattered all the way.
But not a thing I learned from her,
For all she had to say.

I walked a mile with Sorrow
And ne'er a word said she.
But, O the things I learned from her,
When Sorrow walked with me.

 

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