Deceived Quote by Simone Weil

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

— Timothy Keller

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of 'the…

— J. C. Ryle

Doctrine does matter.

— R. C. Sproul

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.

— Khalil Gibran

“Doctrines are statements designed to point us to God; they are not meant as objects of faith themselves.”

— Donald Fairbairn

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

Doctrines are meant to serve man, not the other way around.

— Amin Maalouf

Doctrine that eliminates or even obscures the function of choice of values and enlistment of desires and emotions in behalf of those chosen weakens…

— John Dewey

Religious doctrines … are all illusions, they do not admit of proof, and no one can be compelled to consider them as true or…

— Sigmund Freud

This doctrine (justification) is the head and the cornerstone. It alone begets, nourishes, builds, preserves, and defends the church of God and without it…

— Martin Luther

The effectiveness of a doctrine does not come from its meaning but from its certitude. No doctrine however profound and sublime will be effective…

— Eric Hoffer