That faith which is required of us is then perfect when it produces in us a fiduciary assent to whatever the Gospel… — William Wake Copy Share Image
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The death penalty doesn't need your assent to continue ... it needs your indifference. — Ray Krone Copy Share Image
Faith is the assent to any proposition not made out by the deduction of reason but upon the credit of the proposer. — John Locke Copy Share Image
You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it. — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“we would not reliably assent to reproduce unless we first had lost our minds.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent. — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
“How easy it is to read the Scriptures and give a kind of nominal assent to the truth and yet never to… — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
“Could she kiss him? Would he allow her that? Was that something he could pretend was nothing? What about making love? Could… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
One solace yet remains for us who came Into this world in days when story lacked Severe research, that in our hearts… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Indeed upon much that may have to say, I expect rather the charitable judgment than the full assent of those whose approbation… — Asa Gray Copy Share Image
So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent,… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
It is also certain that when we assent to some piece of reasoning when our perception of it is lacking, then either… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
Everything is necessary, everything needs only my agreement, my assent, my loving understanding; then all is well with me and nothing can… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Give unqualified assent to no propositions but those the truth of which is so clear and distinct that they cannot be doubted.… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I find myself frequently placed where I dare give neither assent nor dissent to propositions that are submitted to me; for there… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
“Choice—to do and think right Refusal—of temptation Yearning—to be better Repulsion—of negativity, of bad influences, of what isn’t true Preparation—for what lies… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Our assent to the hypothesis implies that it is held to be true of all particular instances. That these cases belong to… — William Whewell Copy Share Image
When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
“In this quest of knowledge ... there are two faults to be shunned—one, the taking of unknown things for known, and giving… — George Fillmore Swain Copy Share Image
“Most of you,' he went on, 'already know how I have been able to limit the area of investigation in a first… — René Daumal Copy Share Image
“You are looking outside, and that is what you should most avoid right now. No one can advise or help you -… — Rilke Letters to a Young Poet Copy Share Image
“To fail to experience gratitude when walking through the corridors of the Metropolitan Museum, when listening to the music of Bach or… — William F. Buckley Copy Share Image
“May I inquire what is the point?” he snapped impatiently. “Indeed you may,” Lucinda said, thinking madly for some way to prod… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
Assent - and you are sane - Demur - and you're straightaway dangerous - and handled with a chain. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Some proofs command assent. Others woo and charm the intellect. They evoke delight and an overpowering desire to say, 'Amen, Amen'. — John William Strutt Copy Share Image
Most acts of assent require far more courage than most acts of protest, since courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation. — Nigel Dennis Copy Share Image
There is no flattery so adroit or effectual as that of implicit assent. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
It is your own assent to yourself, and the constant voice of your own reason, and not of others, that should make… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“That all men are equal is a proposition which at ordinary times no sane individual has ever given his assent.” — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To read with diligence; not to rest satisfied with a light and superficial knowledge, nor quickly to assent to things commonly spoken… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Simple assent to the gospel, divorced from a transforming commitment to the living Christ, is by Biblical standards less than faith, and… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
