"It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it." ― Gilbert K. Chesterton Topic(s): Religion More From Gilbert K. Chesterton "Half a truth is better than no politics." "Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling." "Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper." More In Religion "What the feminists want of me is something they haven’t examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness."― Doris Lessing "When I’m not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I’ve been writing quite constantly lately so I’ve been reading a lot of nonfiction – philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies."― Irvine Welsh "I’m not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great faith, and I think that a spiritual connection with something is a really important part of our experience. That doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the church."― Shaun Cassidy