Assertion Quotes

154 quotes by 133 authors

What is still more to our shame as civilized Christians, we debauch their morals already too prone to vice, and we introduce among them wants… — James Cook
Nowhere nor in anything, except in the assertion of the Church, can we find that God or Christ founded anything like what churchmen understand by… — Leo Tolstoy
A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth. — George D. Prentice
Government is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of Locke and of the revolution… — James Otis
Karma is the eternal assertion of human freedom. . . . Our thoughts, our words, and deeds are the threads of the net which we… — Swami Vivekananda
Fathers' sharing in the birth experience can be a stimulus for men's freedom to nurture, and a sign of changing relationships between men and women.… — Sheila Kitzinger
Frege has the merit of ... finding a third assertion by recognising the world of logic which is neither mental nor physical. — Bertrand Russell
All discourse of which others cannot partake is not only an irksome usurpation of the time devoted to pleasure and entertainment, but, what never fails… — Samuel Johnson
For talking monkeys to speak of truth is hubris of the highest degree. Where is it writ large that talking monkeys should be able to… — Terence McKenna
Self-sacrifice, not self-assertion, is the law of the highest universe. — Swami Vivekananda
Despite the amount of suffering, pain, misery, sorrow and travail which can exist in life, the reason for existence is the same reason as one… — L. Ron Hubbard
This is how proofiness works. The assertion is more important than the evidence itself. — David Corn
We make assertions and denials of what is next to [the Divine Nature], but never of It, for It is both beyond every assertion, being… — Pope Dionysius
What has actually to be said about the Cause of everything is this. Since it is the Cause of all beings, we should posit and… — Pope Dionysius
Love is not self-sacrifice, but the most profound assertion of your own needs and values. It is for your own happiness that you need the… — Ayn Rand
Commitment is the ultimate assertion of human freedom. It releases all the energy you possess and enables you to take quantum leaps in creativity. When… — Deepak Chopra
Agnosticism is epistemologically self-contradictory on its own assumptions because its claim to make no assertion about ultimate reality rests upon a most comprehensive assertion about… — Cornelius Van Til
Numbing the senses by monotonously repeating an assertion is a key element in utilizing mind control techniques. — Joost Meerloo
Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world. If dandelions were hard to grow, they… — Andrew Mason
The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those objects the advocacy… — Millicent Fawcett

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