There is never any fair and thorough discussion of heretical opinions... The greatest harm done is to those who are not heretics,… — John Stuart Mill 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
Although among heretics and schismatics there is the same Baptism, nevertheless, the remission of sins is not operative among them because of… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
But the worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself; you lie in wait for yourself in caverns and forests. Lonely… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I find that the whole weight of relieving human misery and distress falls on the shoulders of those Heretics and Infidels; and… — Anne Royall Copy Share Image
“It would cause nothing but madness, Thomas thought. Men would fight for it, lie for it, cheat for it, betray for it… — Bernard Cornwell 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
If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practiced, he commits… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Heretics were most often bitterly persecuted for the their least deviation from accepted belief. It was precisely their obstinacy about trifles that… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
A disciple was one day recalling how Buddha , Jesus , Mohammed were branded as rebels and heretics by their contemporaries. Said… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Leonardo da Vinci was comfortable being illegitimate, gay, a misfit, a heretic. But he also respected other people. He didn't get into… — Walter Isaacson 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
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
When the Church obtained the direction of the civil power, she soon modified or abandoned the tolerant maxims she had formerly inculcated;… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
If we move in the direction of biblial absolutism how can we escape turning the New Testament into a Christian Torah and… — Robert D. Brinsmead Copy Share Image
Never will anyone who says his Rosary every day become a formal heretic or be led astray by the devil. — Louis de Montfort 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
Heretics are not to be disputed with, but to be condemned unheard, and whilst they perish by fire, the faithful ought to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Liberalism is the right to question without being called a heretic. That's what America did for the world. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Far from being an aberration that is not representative of Christianity, the persecution of heretics follows logically from the connection of faith… — Shadia Drury Copy Share Image
