A fad or heresy is the exaltation of something which even if true, is secondary or temporary in its nature against those things which are essential and eternal, those things which always prove themselves true in the long run. In short, it is the setting up of the mood against the mind.
Gilbert K. ChestertonPeople decided that it was impossible to achieve any of the good of Socialism, but they comforted themselves by achieving all the bad.
Gilbert K. ChestertonLet us not decide what is good, but let it be considered good not to decide it.
Gilbert K. ChestertonAltruists, with thin, weak voices, denounce Christ as an egoist. Egoists (with even thinner and weaker voices) denounce Him as an altruist.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe English are no nearer than they were a hundred years ago to knowing what Jefferson really meant when he said that God had created all men equal.
Gilbert K. Chesterton