“Yet in tearing us apart he somehow held us together. In obstructing, he strengthened us. In criticizing, he informed. In his rich,… — E.B. White Copy Share Image
The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man may be an heretic in the truth, and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
“A reader has recently described the Heresy novels as "Dan Brown meets Guy Ritchie" and "I am constantly telling people about the… — Alexander Ferrar Copy Share Image
When you overpay small people you frighten them. They know that their merits or activities entitle them to no such sums as… — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
Heresy is a word which, when it is used without passion, signifies a private opinion. So the different sects of the old… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
I abjure with a sincere heart and unfeigned faith, I curse and detest the said errors and heresies, and generally all and… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
We shall therefore compare the concept of homosexuality as heresy, prevalent in the days of the witch-hunts, with the concept of homosexuality… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
Perhaps generations of students of human evolution, including myself, have been flailing about in the dark; that our data base is too… — David Pilbeam Copy Share Image
“Shaikh Ahmad of Sirhind (1563-1624) discussed it within the canon of theological tradition and held that ana al-haqq was a situational statement… — Gilani Kamran Copy Share Image
We have seen many other not just writers and intellectuals, but including writers and intellectuals in the Muslim world being attacked and… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
[The 4 spiritual laws and sinner's prayer] is not the gospel of Jesus Christ, and that methodology and envangelism has done more… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
“The heresy of heresies was common sense. And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking otherwise, but… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Throughout history, Christians have faced the persistent temptation of confusing the language we use to talk about God with the essence of… — John D. Roth Copy Share Image
“there is found a third level of religious experience, even if it is seldom found in a pure form. I will call… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is a popular heresy abroad today which states that if a little is good, more is better. Following this dictum creates… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
Progress is born of doubt and inquiry. The Church never doubts, never inquires. To doubt is heresy, to inquire is to admit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“God only has one Son whom He gave for all—so He and He alone must be the object of worship and the… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
“The heresy of heresies was common sense. And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking otherwise, but… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
After Galileo was convicted (for heresy by the Spanish Inquisition) for his theory that the Earth revolved around the sun, ... he… — Junichiro Koizumi Copy Share Image
My principal method for defeating error and heresy is by establishing the truth. One purposes to fill a bushel with tares, but… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
“And yet, the fact that we are no longer killing people for heresy in the West suggests that bad ideas, however sacred,… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
And heresy is, as I have tried to show, largely the expression of opinion of the untutored average man, trying to grapple… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
“Truth is rarely simple and seldom obvious, which is why mature institutions recognise the importance of conflict and disagreement. Christianity was born… — Richard Holloway Copy Share Image
“It is strange the way that someone who wants to find you guilty can start to make you believe in your own… — S.J. Parris Copy Share Image
We are prodding, challenging, seeking contradictions or small, persistent residual errors, proposing alternative explanations, encouraging heresy. We give our highest rewards to… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
There is no society that protects freedom of religion more than secular democracies, because in societies where one religion rules, different viewpoints… — Flemming Rose Copy Share Image
In English-speaking countries, the connection between heresy and homosexuality is expressed through the use of a single word to denote both concepts:… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
Books of apostates, heretics, schismatics, and all other writers defending heresy or schism or in any attacking the foundations of religion, are… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Some people's theologies come across as blatantly wrong when weighed against what is revealed in Scripture. However God has mercy on those… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I would say much of religious heresy is the result of a misunderstanding of the basic nature of God. And once we… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
Cultures are naturally resistant to change. The same shared mental models that allow large numbers of people to work together efficiently can… — Marty Neumeier Copy Share Image
A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith; spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism; and… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
The truth alone has never set anyone free. It is only DOUBT which will bring mental emancipation. Without the wonderful element of… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
“The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Heresy is the eternal dawn, the morning star, the glittering herald of the day. Heresy is the last and best thought. It… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century one had to give all sorts of guarantees and lead an exemplary life in order to cleanse oneself… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image