Most of the time, Chesterton writes a bit fancy for my taste. “The prince of paradox,” he’s called. But just as I once said that I revisit Cioran when dispirited, so today I cite Chesterton: because one easy way to break writers block is to quote someone else.
In his 1908 Orthodoxy, Chesterton argues that belief in the supernatural makes the universe feel bigger and more adventurous than it ever could to the incurably despaired ‘enlightened’ people. He compares it, very favorably, to a fairyland.
Here’s one charming example:
Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony.
It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.
Orthodoxy is in public domain, so you can download the whole thing, read this nice summary, or even listen to a free audiobook. My other favorite part is when he talks about Robinson Crusoe.