Heresy Quotes

206 Heresy quotes by 146 unique authors

Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The world is kept alive only by heretics: the heretic Christ, the heretic Copernicus, the heretic Tolstoy. Our symbol of faith is heresy. (“Tomorrow”) — Yevgeny Zamyatin
If we have no heretics we must invent them, for heresy is essential to health and growth. — Yevgeny Zamyatin
I did try to found a little heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Hindu fundamentalism is a contradiction in terms, since Hinduism is a religion without fundamentals; there is no such thing as a Hindu heresy. How dare… — Shashi Tharoor
History is the propaganda of the victors. — Louis de Bernieres
A smile flitted across War's mouth, hidden by her helmet. She had little patience for religion (although she approved heartily of the religious fanatics who… — Jackie Morse Kessler
I have been judged vehemently suspect of heresy, that is, of having held and believed that the sun in the centre of the universe and… — Galileo Galilei
But why do some people support [the heretics]?" "Because it serves their purposes, which concern the faith rarely, and more often the conquest of power."… — Umberto Eco
The only interesting ideas are heresies — Susan Sontag
The great German scholar Helmut Thielicke once said that a person who speaks to this hour’s need will always be skirting the edge of heresy,… — Rob Bell
A man must be orthodox upon most things, or he will never even have time to preach his own heresy. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
In History, stagnant waters, whether they be the stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples… — Herbert Read
Christianity persecuted, tortured, and burned. Like a hound it tracked the very scent of heresy. It kindled wars, and nursed furious hatreds and ambitions... Man,… — George Santayana
The museums of medieval Europe, from Holland to Tuscany, are crammed with instruments and devices upon which the holy men labored devoutly, in order to… — Christopher Hitchens
Biologists can be just as sensitive to heresy as theologians. — H.G. Wells
... the general consent of all that sect is that God (by his foreknowledge, counsel, and wisdom) has no assured election, neither yet any certain… — John Knox
I, Master John Hus, in chains and in prison, now standing on the shore of this present life and expecting on the morrow a dreadful… — Jan Hus
Heresy is another word for freedom of thought. — Graham Greene
Saying that positive thinking usually doesnt work is such heresy that I may be unceremoniously drummed out of the personal development field. And, it is… — Robert White
Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular authority, much more reason is there for heretics, as… — St Thomas Aquinas
All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man. — Henry David Thoreau
They know that it is human nature to take up causes whereby a man may oppress his neighbor, no matter how unjustly... Hence they have… — Galileo Galilei
Ximinez: Now, old woman -- you are accused of heresy on three counts -- heresy by thought, heresy by word, heresy by deed, and heresy… — Monty Python
Yummie, this is my life ...:P — Crystal

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