Future State Quotes

16 quotes by 15 authors

EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state. — Ambrose Bierce
Such is my veneration for every religion that reveals the attributes of the Deity, or a future state of rewards and punishments, that I had… — Benjamin Rush
..when, in my philosophical disquisitions, I deny a providence and a future state, I undermine not the foundations of society, but advance principles, which they… — David Hume
The theory of the earth is the science which describes and explains changes that the terrestrial globe has undergone from its beginning until today, and… — Horace-Benedict de Saussure
There are three points of doctrine the belief of which forms the foundation of all morality. The first is the existence of God; the second… — John Quincy Adams
The promulgation of the great doctrines of religion, the being, and attributes, and providence of one Almighty God: the responsibility to him for all our… — Joseph Story
It is striking how our language reveals the visual nature of our thoughts about the future state of affairs. When we invent the future, we… — James M. Kouzes
It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can justly be jealous… — David Hume
A few of the sublimest geniuses of Rome and Athens had some faint discoveries of the spiritual nature of the human soul, and formed some… — David Brainerd
Achieving sustainable ways of living is inextricably linked to how we organize work in the future. State of the World 2014 makes an important contribution… — Sharan Burrow
The most sublime efforts of philosophy can extend no farther than feebly to point out the desire, the hope, or, at most, the probability, of… — Edward Gibbon
How glorious, then, is the prospect, the reverse of all the past, which is now opening upon us, and upon the world. Government, we may… — Joseph Priestley
Some philosophers have been of opinion that our immortal part acquires during this life certain habits of action or of sentiment, which become forever indissoluble,… — Erasmus Darwin
In our English popular religion the common conception of a future state of bliss is that of ... a kind of perfected middle-class home, with… — Matthew Arnold
I am constrained to express my adoration of the Supreme Being, the Author of my existence, in full belief of His providential goodness and His… — Robert Treat Paine
In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the… — Blaise Pascal

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