“Dogma in power does have a unique chilling ingredient not exhibited by power, however ghastly, wielded for its own traditional sake.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Beyond doctrine or dogma, the most important component of religiosity is being kind to other people. — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
Whoever isolates himself from the church, i.e., from Christianity as a whole, from the history of dogma in its entirety, loses the… — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“In the search for truth, what you believe matters less than how you believe.” — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
“Sexual distortions carry strong undertones of prejudice—sexism, racism and homophobia—that rob individuals of their individuality. Common stereotypes include “men are all dogs,”… — Alexandra Katehakis Copy Share Image
We are to have no pictures which the puritan and the narrow, animated by an obsolete dogma, cannot approve of. We are… — Theodore Dreiser Copy Share Image
“From the very beginning of the movement in the sixteenth century, Anabaptists shared a deep suspicion of the so-called Schriftgelehrten - the… — John D. Roth Copy Share Image
I feel like we need to be aware of the ways we use and misuse religious dogma: whether it takes us deeper… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Outside the practice of science itself, scientists have sometimes been the greatest offenders in adhering to dogmatic ideas against all the evidence. — Mary Hesse Copy Share Image
What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think that there is an infinite creative force that generates all consciousness and all matter and we are all connected and… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book, and creed, and dogma for itself, the world cannot be free. Mankind… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
You have to be able to solve problems issue by issue. And you can't let political dogma get in the way. — Kevin Faulconer Copy Share Image
“Oh, if only it were possible to find understanding,” Joseph exclaimed. “If only there were a dogma to believe in. Everything is… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Anyone who attempts to construe a personal view of God which conflicts with church dogma must be burned without pity. — Pope Innocent III Copy Share Image
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We need Goddess consciousness to reveal earth's holiness. Divine feminine imagery opens up the notion that the earth is the body of… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Poetry is not a creed or dogma. It is a special way of speaking and listening. — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
In short, is American life of the future to be characterized by freedom or by servitude, strength or weakness? The answer must… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
It used to be that Christian institutions and systems of dogma sustained the spiritual life of Christians. Increasingly, spirituality itself is what… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
The dogma of the Incarnation is the most dramatic thing about Christianity, and indeed, the most dramatic thing that ever entered the… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
[We need reforms] to make the Negro church a place where colored men and women of education and energy can work for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Really new trails are rarely blazed in the great academies. The confining walls of conformist dogma are too dominating. To think originally,… — Samuel Warren Carey Copy Share Image