This article was originally published in The Catholic News Herald of the diocese of Charlotte. In a world of Twitter and Internet memes that prize brevity, short yet poignant quotes are often passed around on social media without much thought as to where they came from. Some of my personal favorites: “An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.”; “To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.”; and “Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.” What these all have in common is that they were said by the same man, G.K. Chesterton. The name of G.K. Chesterton has mostly fallen into obscurity for the past few decades, except perhaps in conjunction with the fictional priest-detective Father Brown, the titular character of the BBC series based on Chesterton’s original short stories. Born at the end of the Victorian era, Chesterton was one of the most prolific and celebrated writers in England in his time, and he also enjoyed great popularity in America. He was a major influence on such minds as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Alfred Hitchcock, among others. His works included Christian apologetics, novels, plays and poetry. His funeral in England was attended by (then) Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen, and Pope Pius XI sent a telegram of condolence that declared Chesterton a “gifted Defender of the Catholic Faith.” Yet even in most Catholic and literary circles today, the mention...