Doctrine Quotes - Page 26

Modern man has so long preached a doctrine of false tolerance; he has so long believed that right and wrong were only differences in a point of view, that now when evil works itself out in practice he is paralyzed to do anything against it.

Fulton J. Sheen

Men, Views, Practice

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In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal god.

Albert Einstein

Teacher, Giving Up, Struggle

Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.48, Broadway Books

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With subjectivity in philosophy, anarchism in politics goes hand in hand. Already during Luther's lifetime, unwelcome and unacknowledged disciples had developed the doctrine of Anabaptism, which for a time dominated the city of Munster. The Anabaptists repudiated all law since they held that good men will be guided at every moment by the Holy Spirit, who can not be bound by formulas. From this premise they arrive at communism and sexual promiscuity; they were therefore exterminated after a heroic resistance.

Bertrand Russell

Philosophy, Men, Hands

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It is not to be understood that I am with him (Jesus Christ) in all his doctrines. I am a Materialist; he takes the side of Spiritualism; he preaches the efficacy of repentance toward forgiveness of sin; I require a counterpoise of good works to redeem it.

Thomas Jefferson

Jesus, Sides, Sin

Thomas Jefferson (2002). “Democracy”

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My objection to the church isn't that the preachers are cruel, hypocritical, actually wicked, though some of them are that, too - think of how many are arrested for selling fake stock, for seducing 14-year-old girls in orphanages under their care, for arson, for murder. An it isn't so much that the church is in bondage to Big Business and doctrines as laid down by millionaires - though a lot of churches are that, too. My chief objection is that 99% of sermons and Sunday School teachings are so agonizingly dull.

Sinclair Lewis

Girl, Teaching, School

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I have never united myself to any church because I found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long, complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize the articles of belief and the usual confession of faith.

Abraham Lincoln

Christian, Long, Giving

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I have no reverence for any book that teaches a doctrine contrary to my reason; no reverence for any book that teaches a doctrine contrary to my heart; and, no matter how old it is, no matter how many have believed it, no matter how many have died on account of it, no matter how many live for it, I have no reverence for that book, and I am glad of it.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Book, Heart, Matter

Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.2354, Library of Alexandria

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It can therefore be said that, from the viewpoint of the doctrine of the faith, there are no difficulties in explaining the origin of man in regard to the body, by means of the theory of evolution.

Pope John Paul II

Mean, Men, Theory Of Evolution

"Man is a Spiritual and Corporeal Being". April 16, 1986.

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... believing in a God whom we cannot but regard as evil, and then, in mere terrified flattery calling Him 'good' and worshipping him is a still greater danger... The ultimate question is whether the doctrine of the goodness of God or that of the inerrancy of scripture is to prevail when they conflict. I think the doctrine of the goodness of God is the more certain of the two. Indeed, only that doctrine renders this worship of Him obligatory or even permissable.

C. S. Lewis

Believe, Thinking, Two

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The poor wretches have convinced themselves that they are going to be immortal and live for all time, by worshipping that crucified sophist and living under his laws...they receive these doctrines by tradition, without any definite evidence. So if any charlatan or trickster comes among them, he quickly acquires wealth by imposing upon these simple people.

Lucian

Simple, Law, People

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Christ and his word can hardly be recognized because of the great vermin of human ordinances. However, let this suffice for the time being on their lies against doctrine or faith.

Martin Luther

Lying, Christ, Humans

"On the Jews and Their Lies". Book by Martin Luther, January 1543.

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Man is much more than a 'rational being' and lives more by sympathies and impressions than by conclusions. It darkens his eyes and dries up the wells of his humanity to be forever in search of doctrine. We need wholesome, experiencing natures, I dare affirm, much more than we need sound reasoning.

Woodrow Wilson

Eye, Men, Forever

Woodrow Wilson (2005). “On Being Human”, p.20, Cosimo, Inc.

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It is impossible to govern the world without God. It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits and humbly implore his protection and favor.

George Washington

World, Littles, Impossible

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Indeed, nearly all attempts to exterminate a doctrine and its organizational expression, by force without spiritual foundation, are doomed to failure, and not seldom end with the exact opposite of the desired result.

Adolf Hitler

Spiritual, Expression, Opposites

Adolf Hitler (1998). “Mein Kampf”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Yes, I am calling for an intellectual revolution that sweeps away the corruption, absurdity and error, which prevail in morals, customs, traditions, and doctrines.

Ameen Rihani

Errors, Intellectual, Calling

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We see, from almost every conceivable angle throughout the Scripture, that there is no doctrine more clearly taught than that it is God's will to heal all who have need of healing, and that they may fulfill the number of their days according to His promise.

F. F. Bosworth

Healing, Numbers, Promise

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I'm all for the Fairness Doctrine, whatever that is.

George Voinovich

Fairness

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What threatens civilization today is not war, but the changing conception of life values entailed by certain political doctrines. Only by recapturing the dream of human freedom and restoring the importance of the common man's liberties can that undermining threat to modern civilization be averted

Lin Yutang

Dream, War, Men

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Something terrible has happened to the soul of the Republican Party. We've gone from bad economic doctrine. We've even gone beyond selfishness and special interests. At this point we're talking about a state of mind that takes positive glee in inflicting further suffering upon the already miserable.

Paul Krugman

Party, Talking, Soul

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Men very seldom change, try though we will, beneath the shifts of exterior doctrine, our hearts so often remain what they were.

Murray Kempton

Heart, Men, Trying

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Psychoanalytic doctrine reveals the pig in man, a pig saddled with a conscience; the disastrous result is that the pig is uncomfortable beneath that pious rider, and the rider fares no better in the situation, since his endeavor is not only to tame the pig, but also to render it invisible.

Stanislaw Lem

Men, Pigs, Invisible

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As regards the Liberal doctrines, the attitude of Fascism is one of absolute opposition both in the political and in the economical field.

Benito Mussolini

Attitude, Political, Fields

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Anarchism may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and that the State should be abolished..... Nor does the Anarchistic scheme furnish any code of morals to be imposed upon the individual. "Mind your own business" is its own moral law. Interference with another's business is a crime and the only crime, and as such may properly be resisted.

Benjamin Tucker

Men, Law, Mind Your Own Business

"State Socialism and Anarchism: How Far They Agree, and Wherin They Differ" by Benjamin R. Tucker, praxeology.net. March 10, 1888.

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There is a striking parallel between the spreading of germs and the spreading of ideas or propaganda. On the one hand we are dealing with a virus which can be transported and transmitted under certain conditions which favor or limit its transportation or transmission: on the other hand with ideas, religions, and doctrines, which can be described as germs, benevolent or malevolent, according to the point of view one takes up. These germs can either remain at their source and be sterile, or emerge in the spreading of infection.

Andre Siegfried

Views, Hands, Ideas

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Of all the doctrines of the Bible none is so offensive to human nature as the doctrine of God's sovereignty.

J. C. Ryle

Offensive, Human Nature, Sovereignty

J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke”, p.74, Editora Dracaena

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