The saving principles and doctrines of the Church are…

The early doctrines of the church, even doctrines like Trinity and Incarnation were originally also calls for action, calls for selflessness, calls for compassion,…

— Karen Armstrong

It is important to gain knowledge, yes, but any advantage we will have in the eternal life to come will be a knowledge, I…

— Henry D. Taylor

“There is today no lack of Bible teachers to set forth correctly the principles of the doctrines of Christ, but too many of these…

— A.W. Tozer

“The holy scriptures and the spoken word of the living prophets give emphasis to the fundamental principles and doctrines of the gospel. The reason…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

The principles and doctrines of the priesthood are sublime and supernal. The more we study the doctrine and potential and apply the practical purpose…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

It is an absurd fiction that the churches are useful. They are nothing more than propaganda centers for superstitious faiths and doctrines. Church members…

— E. Haldeman-Julius

“Saint Augustine proliferated central theological and political doctrines of the Church, following Saint Paul closely. History is the scene of the struggle between the…

— Norman F. Cantor

But I make a distinction between the doctrines of the Church, which matter, and the structure invented by half a dozen Italians who got…

— Bernadette Devlin

In the light of absolute values (religious or ethical) man himself is judged to be limited or imperfect, while he can occasionally accomplish acts…

— T. E. Hulme

The absolutist trumpets his plain vision; the relativist sees only someone who is unaware of his own spectacles.

— Simon Blackburn

Peace cannot be built on exclusivism, absolutism, and intolerance. But neither can it be built on vague liberal slogans and pious programs gestated in…

— Thomas Merton

As Camille Paglia's success has demonstrated, what is most marketable is absolutism and attitude undiluted by thought.

— Wendy Kaminer

Absolutism is a guarantee of objectionable morals in the same way that absolutism in government is a guarantee of objectionable government.

— Robert Briffault

“George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as 'evil.' Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at…

— Christopher Hitchens

Those who claim absolutism is merely a myth are right that it has been misused simply as a byword for political centralisation.

— Peter Wilson