Orthodoxy Quotes
118 quotes by 96 authors
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The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an alternative…
— Rowan Atkinson
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That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the…
— Learned Hand
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Spirituality is rebellion; religiousness is orthodoxy. Spirituality is individuality; religiousness is just remaining part of the crowd psychology. Religiousness keeps you a sheep, and spirituality…
— Rajneesh
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The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating…
— William O. Douglas
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Freedom of expression is the well-spring of our civilization... The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway…
— Felix Frankfurter
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Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced; they genuinely cling to basic Christian orthodoxy…
— D. A. Carson
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Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing.
— George Orwell
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One reason education undoes belief is its teaching of evolution; Darwin's own drift from orthodoxy to agnosticism was symptomatic. Martin Lings is probably right in…
— Huston Smith
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Peer reviewers go for orthodoxy ... Many of the great 19th-century discoveries were made by men who had independent wealth-Charles Darwin is the prototype. They…
— James Black
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In an age that has thrown off all tradition, the only rebellion possible is orthodoxy.
— Peter Kreeft
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The individuation of dharma practice occurs whenever priority is given to the resolution of a personal existential dilemma over the need to conform to the…
— Stephen Batchelor
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Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.
— Edward Abbey
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And if we now cast our eyes over the nations of the earth, we shall find that, instead of possessing the pure religion of the…
— Samuel Adams
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I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall…
— Benjamin Franklin
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I have never in my life encountered a religion as oppressive, cold, and stiff as Progressivism. I've never known a faith more eager to burn…
— Matt Walsh
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The whole climate of thought will be different. In fact there will be no thought, as we understand it now. Orthodoxy means not thinking -…
— George Orwell
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The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next. Mere tolerance has given place to a sentiment of brotherhood between sincere men of…
— Helen Keller
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The heresies we should fear are those which can be confused with orthodoxy.
— Jorge Luis Borges
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When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies.
— Glenn Greenwald
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We desperately need seers who can see through the mist- Christian leaders with prophetic vision. Unless they come soon it will be too late for…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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