Absurd Quote by John Henry Newman Download Open image “It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.” — John Henry Newman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Absurd Men Torture
“is desperately hard for men to accept that there is a direct path from the highest ideals to the torture chamber—for” — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
When you propose ridiculous things to believe, too many men will choose to believe nothing at all. — Socrates Copy Share Image
You cannot dispute the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
It is not easy to fall into any absurdity, unless it be by the length of an account; wherein he may perhaps forget what… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
We no longer believe because it is absurd: it is absurd because we must believe. — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
We are all hunting for rational reasons for believing in the absurd. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall ever have a beginning. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
It is not God's way that great blessings should descend without the sacrifice first of great sufferings. If the truth is to be spread… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
“The minds of young people are pliable and elastic, and easily accommodate themselves to any one they fall in with.” — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
A universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
Christ is already in that place of peace, which is all in all. He is on the right hand of God. He is hidden… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
“Mr Kingsley begins then by exclaiming- 'O the chicanery, the wholesale fraud, the vile hypocrisy, the conscience-killing tyranny of Rome! We have not far… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast when struggling passions lower, Touched by its influence, in the soul arise… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
“It seem absurd to me that they don't know, haven't felt any change or tremor, even as my life has been completely turned upside… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
It is a dangerous and fateful presumption, besides the absurd temerity that it implies, to disdain what we do not comprehend. For after you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I thought to myself: if it’s true that every person has a star in the sky, mine must be distant, dim, and absurd. Perhaps… — Sadegh Hedayat Copy Share Image
If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod." "A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I have never heard enough classical music to be able to enjoy it; & the simple truth is, I detest it. Not mildly, but… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Rachel got up and did this happy little shuffle, like she was some cheerful farmer chick who'd just stepped outside to find the hick… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image