"His humour was of the kind I like best – not 'jokes' imbedded in the page like currants in a cake, still less (what I cannot endure), a general tone of flippancy and jocularity, but the humour which is not in any way separable from the argument but is rather (as Aristotle would say) the 'bloom' on dialectic itself. The sword glitters not because the swordsman set out to make it glitter but … [Read more...] about C.S. Lewis on G.K. Chesterton
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G.K. Chesterton on Certain Humility
"What we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place. Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition. Modesty has settled upon the organ of conviction; where it was never meant to be. A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed. "Nowadays the part of a man that a man does assert is exactly the part he ought not to … [Read more...] about G.K. Chesterton on Certain Humility
Chesterton On Imaginative Stories And Evil
"Fairy tales, then, are not responsible for producing in children fear, or any of the shapes of fear; fairy tales do not give the child the idea of the evil or the ugly; that is in the child already, because it is in the world already. Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The … [Read more...] about Chesterton On Imaginative Stories And Evil
G.K. Chesterton on Charlie Sheen?
Thoroughly worldly people never understand even the world; they rely altogether on a few cynical maxims which are not true. Once I remember walking with a prosperous publisher, who made a remark which I had often heard before; it is, indeed, almost a motto of the modern world. Yet I had heard it once too often, and I saw suddenly that there was nothing in it. The publisher said of somebody, … [Read more...] about G.K. Chesterton on Charlie Sheen?
G.K. Chesterton: Don’t Lose Your Head in the Absolute Thrill of Orthodoxy
"People have fallen into a foolish habit of speaking of orthodoxy as something heavy, humdrum, and safe. There never was anything so perilous or so exciting as orthodoxy. It was sanity: and to be sane is more dramatic than to be mad. It was the equilibrium of a man behind madly rushing horses, seeming to stoop this way and to sway that, yet in every attitude having the grace of statuary and … [Read more...] about G.K. Chesterton: Don’t Lose Your Head in the Absolute Thrill of Orthodoxy
#SDSmithDopeQuotesCuration
Greetings, Fellow Dope Quotes Enthusiast!I hope you enjoy these curated quotations. Feel free to share as you wish. God bless you! Your friend, Sam … [Read more...] about #SDSmithDopeQuotesCuration
S. D. Smith on Dangerous & Intense Stories for Kids
I’m a parent. Our family is intentional about the sort of media we read and watch (the kids and us), and we take that responsibility very seriously. But like so many other areas of discernment, there are ditches on both sides of the road. Many of us, overcorrecting for the (very real) toxicity and vulgarity of so much media, have embraced a “safe for the whole family” approach that is dishonest … [Read more...] about S. D. Smith on Dangerous & Intense Stories for Kids
Thus Always to Dragons
Today is Saint George's Day, and I am happy to have it. I need a reminder that the dragon can and must be defeated. How fitting that his day is during Easter (which is fifty days long!), when the greatest Hero defeats his (and our) greatest enemy, the dragon (Rev. 12). So I am wearing my Saint George shirt today. Most of my book-writing in recent years has been on a computer bearing the same … [Read more...] about Thus Always to Dragons
FAQ: Green Ember & S. D. Smith
Store questions? Check out our store FAQ here. Is it true that there are TEN Green Ember Boooks? Yes! The TENTH Green Ember world book is Prince Lander and the Dragon War. There are four "main series" books, plus the Green Ember Archer Trilogy and the Old Natalia Trilogy. Best enjoyed in publication order. (See below.) What's the best way to stay informed about S. D. Smith's new books, … [Read more...] about FAQ: Green Ember & S. D. Smith
Announcing The Green Ember Book II: The Sequel Has A Name And Cover
Note: I usually don't post my newsletters in their entirety, but I'm making an exception this month because reasons. Reasons like the new title and cover announcement! Hello and How Are You? I’m fine. I’m fine as a frog hare, which is a rare breed of rabbit from the inky marshes of Toadopolis. Frog hares, as I’m sure you know, are famous for their positivity and remarkable sense of … [Read more...] about Announcing The Green Ember Book II: The Sequel Has A Name And Cover
An Ogre’s Castle and My Own Cottage
I’m writing this in the Forge. A bluejay is bouncing outside my window in front of an ambling caravan of deer. Squirrels range through the trees behind and the leaf-strewn trampoline sits there pouting, waiting for children to liven up its otherwise sedentary life. I have so much to be grateful for. God has been profoundly kind to me, even amid challenging and painful times. Life is hard for all … [Read more...] about An Ogre’s Castle and My Own Cottage
New Stories With an Old Soul: And a Giveaway with Sally Clarkson
I'm so honored to be over at my friend Sally Clarkson's blog today talking about New Stories With an Old Soul. She's also giving away three copies of my new book, The Black Star of Kingston. Head over and enter the giveaway! ***** “It is of the new things that men tire—of fashions and proposals and improvements and change. But it is the old things that startle and intoxicate; it is the … [Read more...] about New Stories With an Old Soul: And a Giveaway with Sally Clarkson