Dislike Quote by Thomas Hobbes

We tolerate differences of opinion in people who are familiar to us. But differences of opinion in people we do not know sound like…

— Brooks Atkinson

Heresy is what the minority believe; it is the name given by the powerful to the doctrines of the weak.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Heresy is a word which, when it is used without passion, signifies a private opinion. So the different sects of the old philosophers, Academians,…

— Thomas Hobbes

Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful to the doctrine of the weak

— Robert Green Ingersoll

And heresy is, as I have tried to show, largely the expression of opinion of the untutored average man, trying to grapple with the…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

“Heresy is usually quite sophisticated, actually has a meaning, and is to be taken very seriously. It is therefore to be carefully distinguished from…

— Anonymous

Orthodoxy, or right opinion, is, at best, a very slender part of religion. Though right tempers cannot subsist without right opinions, yet right opinions…

— Anonymous

“The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer…

— G.K. Chesterton

The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer…

— Anonymous

In academia, I discovered that issues and insights, commonplace among the scholars, are viewed as highly controversial and even as 'heresy' in the churches.

— John Shelby Spong

But there is yet another form of this hidden heresy, and, paradoxically, it can affect those who are proudest of their long-standing and unimpeachable…

— Karl Rahner

Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.

— Mark Twain