Beloved Catholic author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a poet, a journalist, a mystery novelist, a people’s theologian and, some would say, a prophet who only by looking at the world upside-down could see it clearly enough to predict its future.

He was also a wordsmith of the highest order, capable of making words dance with delight upon the page.

The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton is a unique collection of the pithiest and most profound sentences ever to spring from his pen. Editor and renowned apologist Dave Armstrong has scoured Chesterton’s voluminous writings, even the most obscure, gathering together his choicest quotes and meticulously organizing them by topic. Sure to delight readers with its wit and charm.