Doctrine Quote by Pope Innocent III

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.

— Simone Weil

It is not the feeling sure of a doctrine (be it what it may) which I call an assumption of infallibility. It is the…

— John Stuart Mill

To oppose something is to maintain it.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Ironically, the insistence that doctrines do not matter is really a doctrine itself

— Timothy Keller

The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary.

— Benjamin Franklin

There has been grave error. I do not mean so much error of doctrine as error of emphasis.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

It is not error which opposes the progress of truth; it is indolence, obstinacy, the spirit of routine, every thing which favors inaction.

— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

“Ironically, the insistence that doctrines do not matter is really a doctrine itself. It holds a specific view of God, which is touted as…

— Timothy Keller

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

— Thomas Jefferson

Complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion, is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action.

— John Stuart Mill

“I wish to propose a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is this: that it is…

— Bertrand Russell

A doctrine is something that pins you down to a given mode of conduct and dozens of situations which you cannot foresee, which is…

— George F. Kennan