Piety is different from superstition. To carry piety to the extent of superstition is to destroy it. The heretics reproach us with… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Poor heretics there be,Which think to establish dangerous constancy,But I have told them, ‘Since you will be true,You shall be true to… — John Donne Copy Share Image
Wicked sons do not have the Holy Ghost in the same way as do beloved sons, and yet they do have Baptism.… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
As a movement Cubism had consistently stopped short of complete abstraction. Heretics such as Delaunay had painted pure abstractions but in so… — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Copy Share Image
Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
“It is unholy because it is heretic. It is foul. It is abominable to need something so badly that you cannot picture… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
“I was born a heretic. I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Neither logic nor scientific evidence supports such a belief. Although spinal manipulation can relieve certain types of back pain, neck pain, and… — Samuel Homola Copy Share Image
During the ages of faith the Church argued, not illogically, that any degree of cruelty towards sinners and heretics was justified, if… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
If one takes full account of the persecution of heretics, the frequency and savagery of the religious wars which Christianity had endangered,… — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image
We live in an age of apologies. Apologies, fake or true, are expected from the descendants of empire builders, slave owners and… — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Heretics have been hated from the beginning of recorded time; they have been ostracized, exiled, tortured, maimed, and butchered; but it has… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
If we are to reach certainty and true autonomy of realization, we need to be willing to be heretics. What's more, we… — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
People knew less of each other, and so were more individual. The entire world was not for them only a push or… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
But this inestimable privilege was soon violated: with the knowledge of truth the emperor imbibed the maxims of persecution; and the sects… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Sacred Scripture, since it has no science above itself, can dispute with one who denies its principles only if the opponent admits… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
It was not Christianity which freed the slave: Christianity accepted slavery; Christian ministers defended it; Christian merchants trafficked in human flesh and… — Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner Copy Share Image
“It’s time to introduce a new fallacy that we have coined the Kool-Aid Fallacy. It goes like this: “You disagree with me… — Thomas Stark Copy Share Image
“Any scientist that wants to change the prevailing paradigm is automatically branded a heretic, apostate, infidel, blasphemer, maverick or lunatic, exactly as… — Thomas Stark Copy Share Image
Among the gods, there is a dispute as to which one of them originally thought of Christianity; or, as they call it,… — Tom Holt Copy Share Image
Christians have ... identified their opponents, whether Jews, pagans, or heretics, with forces of evil, and so with Satan... Nor have things… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
He has inhibited discussion by designating admonition as the method of dealing with a heretic- and the first method, too, because he… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
The world is kept alive only by heretics: the heretic Christ, the heretic Copernicus, the heretic Tolstoy. Our symbol of faith is… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
It was a very stupid mistake to think you could deal with heresy by burning heretics. It's the very same mistake that… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
To my astonishment, when Wolf Hall came out, people asked if I made it up - [Thomas More] burning of heretics. It… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I have become an obstinate heretic in the eyes of my colleagues. Momentary success carries more power of conviction than reflections upon… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and… — 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
To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
The world is kept alive only by heretics: the heretic Christ, the heretic Copernicus, the heretic Tolstoy. Our symbol of faith is… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
You know, I found out recently that the word "heretic" comes from the Greek word "airetikós", meaning "able to choose" - which… — Pat Condell Copy Share Image
When a heretic wishes to avoid martyrdom he speaks of "Orthodoxy, True and False" and demonstrates that the True is his heresy. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“I was born a heretic. I always distrusted people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
The history of creation is but a succession of battles between amateurs of genius-inspired heretics- and orthodox professionals. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“We owe a wealth of gratitude to the many heretics that have gone before us, those that had thought independently, and courageously,… — Beth Sage Owens Copy Share Image
“Your mythology can and will change as you grow older and you learn more about life and the spiritual worlds. You are… — Laurence Galian Copy Share Image
Heretics are wicked, but they're mighty int'resting. It's jest that they've got sorter lost looking for God, being under the impression that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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