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Doctrine Quotes by Gautama Buddha
- Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves…
- Monks, when ignorance is abandoned, and knowledge arises in the monk, with the ending of ignorance and the arising of knowledge he clings neither to…
- I have the True Dharma Eye, the Marvelous Mind of Nirvana, the True Form of the Formless, and the Subtle Dharma Gate, independent of words…
- Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that doctrine believe and…
- Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views
- What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to…
- Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe…
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- I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition… — Henry Adams
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- Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil. — Saint Basil
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- The Book of Mormon offers so much that broadens our understandings of the doctrines of salvation. Without it, much of what is… — Ezra Taft Benson
- Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly. — Ambrose Bierce
- For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure… — Joseph Brodsky
- Let me tell you what the Cain Doctrine would be, as it relates to Israel if I were president. You mess with… — Herman Cain
- Red Letter Christians believe in the doctrines of the Apostle's Creed, are convinced that the Scriptures have been inspired by the Holy… — Tony Campolo
- Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's… — Noam Chomsky