"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 "When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?" "Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame." "Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich." More In Religion "I do engineering, not religion."― Daniel J. Bernstein "Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties."― Dalai Lama "In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical rites that savage terror may dictate to the individual."― William Robertson Smith