Assent Quotes

57 quotes by 53 authors

Each generation criticizes the unconscious assumptions made by its parent. It may assent to them, but it brings them out in the open. — Alfred North Whitehead
There is no flattery so adroit or effectual as that of implicit assent. — William Hazlitt
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent. — Pindar
I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives... But this does not satisfy the priesthood. They must have a positive, a… — Thomas Jefferson
As in political revolutions, so in paradigm choice-there is no standard higher than the assent of the relevant community... this issue of paradigm choice can… — Thomas Kuhn
And whoever is moved by Faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles… — David Hume
The death penalty doesn't need your assent to continue ... it needs your indifference. — Ray Krone
Oh, hear Him within you speaking this infinite love,moving like some divine and audible leaven,lifting the sky of the soul with expansions of light, shaping… — Jessica Powers
It is to be the assent and ratification of the several States, derived from the supreme authority in each State, the authority of the people… — James Madison
So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate.… — Charles Hodge
Every event has a cause-that is ... for every event e1 there exists an event e2 (or a class of events e2, e3 ...) which… — Ermanno Bencivenga
Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospel. — William Gurnall
Faith must become more than a verbal proclamation or an intellectual assent. True faith must be acted out. — Millard Fuller
Irene Diamond's Fertile Ground is a provocative book. It stirs me to vigorous assent. It also triggers wide-eyed disbelief. . . . As it prods… — Janet Lembke
Simple assent to the gospel, divorced from a transforming commitment to the living Christ, is by Biblical standards less than faith, and less than saving,… — J I Packer
It is your own assent to yourself, and the constant voice of your own reason, and not of others, that should make you believe. — Blaise Pascal
To celebrate a festival means: to live out, for some special occasion and in an uncommon manner, the universal assent to the world as a… — Josef Pieper
Rulers who destroy men's freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. ... They cherish the illusion that they can combine the prerogatives of… — Alexis de Tocqueville
If we offer too much silent assent about mysticism and superstition - even when it seems to be doing a little good - we abet… — Carl Sagan
I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by… — Chester A. Arthur

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