I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
This doctrine of prenatal influence is now slowly being recognized, and science as well as religion calls out: 'Keep yourself holy, and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The business of the believer with his Bible open is to pray, 'Lord, give me the meaning and spirit of your word,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
None of you need worry because you read something that was incompletely reported. You need not worry that I do not understand… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
People think that I've committed myself to idealism, to solipsism, or to doctrines of the cabala, because I've used them in my… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I'd like to see atheism represented not only as an intelligent choice, but common sense. It shouldn't take years of study to… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation: The doctrine of a supreme, intelligent sovereign of the universe,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The doctrines contained in the Bible will lift to a superior condition all who observe them; they will impart to them knowledge,… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own choir, a… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
False liberty is also a reason that people fabricate doctrines that say that you don't need to suffer. One such doctrine is… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
As we mature personally, as our families mature, and as our churches mature, we need the doctrine of sin more, not less;… — C. J. Mahaney Copy Share Image
O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such As see not the First Cause entire: and ye, O mortal men!… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“Face the facts. Then act on them. It’s the only mantra I know, the only doctrine I have to offer you, and… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
I discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Every Man being conscious to himself, That he thinks, and that which his Mind is employ'd about whilst thinking, being the Ideas,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
At first it was the incomes of corporations, then of rich citizens, then of well-provided widows and opulent workers, and finally the… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
It is the Jews who originated biblical exegesis (a critical analysis of the Bible), just as they were the first to criticize… — Bernard Lazare Copy Share Image
It has become accepted doctrine that we must attempt to study the whole man. Actually we cannot study even a whole tree… — Gardner Murphy Copy Share Image
“They are not insincere when they say that they believe these things. They do believe them, as people believe what they have… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Seditious libel is the doctrine that flourished in England during and after the Star Chamber. It is the hallmark of closed societies… — Harry Kalven Copy Share Image
I've set a clear doctrine: America makes no distinction between the terrorists and the countries that harbor them. If you harbor a… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
As marriage and the family institution constitute the foundation and chief cornerstone of civil society, it is of the greatest moment that… — Joseph P. Bradley Copy Share Image
Whatever tumults and strifes await God's witnesses, it remains clear that the doctrine of persecution for the sake of conscience is most… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
The deity of Christ is the key doctrine of the scriptures. Reject it, and the Bible becomes a jumble of words without… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
I have an Easter challenge for Christians. My challenge is simply this: tell me what happened on Easter. I am not asking… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
I continually find it necessary to guard against that natural love of wealth and grandeur which prompts us always, when we come… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Prayer lays hold upon God and influences Him to work. This is the meaning of prayer as it concerns God. This is… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
“The Trinity is not a doctrinal innovation but constitutes an explanation of the God whom Christians experienced in proclamation, worship, fellowship, communal… — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“It is by doctrine (through the power of the Spirit) that believers are nourished and edified, and where doctrine is neglected, growth… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
Grace is not a theology. It is not a subject matter. It is not a doctrine. It is a person, and his… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
I had a role in developing the doctrine From the Sea, which was later modified to Forward From the Sea. But the… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
“The doctrine of evolution thus takes the place of the old religion in the modern man.320It is no science; it does not… — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
“I wish to propose a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is this: that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The specific disease doctrine is the grand refuge of weak, uncultured, unstable minds, such as now rule in the medical profession. There… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
To be sure, the doctrine of a personal God interfering with natural events could never be refuted, in the real sense, by… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I don't subscribe to any particular doctrine or ideology. I just think that there's kind of a good and bad, the good… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
The European powers had been anxious to see the United States become embroiled in a civil war and eventually break into two… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The success of those doctrines would also subvert the Federal Constitution, change the character of the Federal Government, and destroy our rights… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
