Doctrine Quotes
A mere inference or theory must give way to a truth revealed; but a scientific truth must be maintained, however contradictory it may appear to the most cherished doctrines of religion.
The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.
I mistake the American people if they favor the odious doctrine that there is no such thing as international morality; that there is one law for a strong nation and another for a weak one.
I consider Monroe a pretty minor president. In spite of the Monroe Doctrine. That's the only important thing he ever did more or less on his own, when you really get down to it.
I think Naomi Klein was very astute with her book 'Shock Doctrine.' We make money on disaster.
I am terrified of restrictive religious doctrine, having learned from history that when men who adhere to any form of it are in control, common men like me are in peril.
The Atonement of Jesus Christ is rightfully seen as the central fact, the crucial foundation, and the chief doctrine of the plan of salvation, which we are called to teach.
Thus, the weight of my criticism is directed against the inadequacy of the theoretical foundations of the laissez-faire doctrine upon which I was brought up and for many years I taught
To embrace what are called the Calvinistic doctrines was an infallible token of a humble mind.
Adjust your doctrine - or just minimize doctrine - to attract the world, and in the very process of attracting them, lose the radical truth that alone can set them free.
The man who accepts the laissez-faire doctrine would allow his garden to grow wild so that roses might fight it out with the weeds and the fittest might survive.
I never feel to force my doctrine upon any person; I rejoice to see prejudice give way to truth, and the traditions of men dispersed by the pure principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
It is comparing apples and oranges to refer to the love that the Savior expressed for all mankind, for every person, for every man and woman and child, with the doctrine related to marriage.
I do not believe in the doctrine of the greatest good of the greatest number. The only real, dignified, human doctrine is the greatest good of all.
This doctrine (justification) is the head and the cornerstone. It alone begets, nourishes, builds, preserves, and defends the church of God and without it the church of God cannot exist for one hour.
We must not regard what or how the world esteems us, so we have the Word pure, and are certain of our doctrine.
Final perseverance is the doctrine that wins the eternal victory in small things as in great
Doctrine divides, but doctrine also unites. It binds together the hearts of God's people who celebrate the truth of God together.
... we disallow papistical doctrines of free will, of works of supererogation, of merits, of the necessity of auricular confession, and satisfaction to God-wards.
The doctrine of grace and redemption keeps us from seeing any person or situation as hopeless.
Some people really live and work within the same doctrine, the same diagram with the same logic.
One century's saint is the next century's heretic ... and one century's heretic is the next century's saint. It is as well to think long and calmly before affixing either name to any man.
I see no clear reason why the doctrine of self-interest properly understood should turn men away from religious beliefs.
The physical doctrine of the atom has got into a state which is strongly suggestive of the epicycles of astronomy before Copernicus .
Kant's system of duties constitutes a Doctrine of Virtue because the duties also indicate what kinds of attitudes, dispositions and feelings are morally virtuous or vicious.
When lost in a forest go always down hill. When lost in a philosophy or doctrine go upward.
Yes, I am calling for an intellectual revolution that sweeps away the corruption, absurdity and error, which prevail in morals, customs, traditions, and doctrines.
Children are illuminated text-books, breviaries of doctrine, living bodies of divinity, open always and inviting their elders to peruse the characters inscribed on the lovely leaves.
When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.
There are no habits of man more alien to the doctrine of the Communist than those of the collector
The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property out of others.
The moral cannibalism of all hedonist and altruist doctrines lies in the premise that the happiness of one man necessitates the injury of another.
To Marx the claim of the theory of ideology is that all doctrine is a derivative of social circumstance.
I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.
When a man who accepts the Christian doctrine lives unworthily of it, it is much clearer to say he is a bad Christian than to say he is not a Christian.
I say, if you want to enjoy exquisitely, become a Latter-day Saint, and then live the doctrine of Jesus Christ.
It is my province to teach to the church what the doctrine is. It is your province to echo what I say or to remain silent.
Believers in the doctrines of modern Christendom will reap damnation to their souls.
You must not do, you must not even try to do, the will of the Father unless you are prepared to 'know of the doctrine'.
Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine.
The skeptic may deny your doctrine or attack your church but he cannot honestly ignore the fact that your life has been changed.
To preach the gospel is to stae every doctrine contained in God's word, and to give every truth its proper prominence.
Whatever may be said about the doctrine of election, it is written in the Word of God as with an iron pen, and there is no getting rid of it.