Heretics

by G.K. Chesterton

the historic Christian Church, was founded on a weak man, and for that reason it is indestructible. For no chain is stronger than its weakest link.

The world is round, so round that the schools of optimism and pessimism have been arguing from the beginning whether it is the right way up.

Mr. Moore does not dislike so much being asked to believe in the spiritual existence of miracles or sacraments, but he does fundamentally dislike being asked to believe in the actual existence of other people.

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.

an enormous amount of modern ingenuity is expended on finding defences for the indefensible conduct of the powerful.

And of all the forms in which science, or pseudo-science, has come to the rescue of the rich and stupid, there is none so singular as the singular invention of the theory of races.

Religion is exactly the thing which cannot be left out—because it includes everything.