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Have you taught a Sunday School class and felt when you finished that you had really taught someone some principle of the gospel that had… — Eldred G. Smith
. . . Newton was an unquestioning believer in an all-wise creator of the universe, and in his own inability - like the boy on… — Isaac Newton
An idea accepted as true from any source can be every bit as powerful as hypnosis. — Maxwell Maltz
What our species needs, above all else, is a generally accepted ethical system that is compatible with the scientific knowledge we now possess. — Derek Freeman
There is nothing on earth that you can not have once you have mentally accepted the fact that you can have it. — Robert Collier
Liberty and equality, spontaneity and security, happiness and knowledge, mercy and justice - all these are ultimate human values, sought for themselves alone; yet when… — Isaiah Berlin
The people who are horrified by the idea of children learning what they want to learn when they want to learn it have not accepted… — Daniel Quinn
Irrational beliefs are culturally accepted delusions. — Robert Todd Carroll
The Gospel is not a mere message of deliverance, but a canon of conduct; it is not a theology to be accepted, but it is… — Alexander MacLaren
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues far… — Larry Coryell
We accepted education as the means to rise above the limitations that a prejudiced society endeavored to place upon us. — Evelyn Boyd Granville
That name was a kind of joke, and not a very good one. An author, Leon Lederman, wanted to call it 'that goddamn particle' because… — Peter Higgs
When nonviolence is accepted as the law of life, it must pervade the whole being and not be applied to isolated acts. — Mahatma Gandhi
Aristotle suggests that the rotating Earth was a generally accepted tenet of Pythagorism: "While most of those who hold that the whole heaven is finite… — Aristotle
... Tal accepted absolutely all the world champion's conditions with a smile, taking away a very important psychological trump card from him - the harsh,… — Gennadi Sosonko
The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd — Alexander Pope
The modern mind will accept nothing on authority, but will accept anything on no authority. Say that the Bible or the Pope says so and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There are many examples of this mistaken idea of freedom, such as the elimination of human life by legalized or generally accepted abortion. — Pope John Paul II
When lies have been accepted for some time, the truth always astounds with an air of novelty. — Clement of Alexandria
Every truth passes through 3 stages before it is recognized 1)ridicule 2) opposition 3) accepted as self-evident. — Arthur Schopenhauer

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