Quotes by Doctrine All doctrine is ultimately the death of joy - even when the doctrine is the elevation of the light above the serious, because joy is too varied and elusive ever to confine itself to one or the other. David Bennun doctrinelightjoy 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. David Brewster doctrinetruthgiving In the doctrine of the world and humankind as 'will to power and nothing else', Heidegger identified not an antidote to nihilism, but the completion of it. For what can be more destructive of truth and value than the doctrine that these are simply the impositions on the world of human exercises of power? David E. Cooper doctrinenihilismexercise Cuba's poverty is caused by the crackpot Marxist doctrines imposed by its sociopathic ruler and promoted by half the liberal arts professors on American faculties. David Horowitz cubadoctrineart Legal doctrine requiring a showing of evidence of racist intent and a narrow chain of causation has made it very difficult to prove in court that a person or group is experiencing racism because the standards are too narrow and too focused on individual intentions. Dean Spade doctrinegroupsracism Doctrine is to be the balm of a healing experience of God, not a theological scalpel to wound and exclude people. Diana Butler Bass doctrinehealingpeople Conceptual relativism is a heady and exotic doctrine, or would be if we could make good sense of it. The trouble is, as so often in philosophy, it is hard to improve intelligibility while retaining the excitement. Donald Davidson doctrinewould-bephilosophy ... the modern state masks itself in moral ideologies which obscure its actual conduct. One of the most compelling and insidious of these ideologies is the doctrine of natural rights. It was to secure these rights that the modern state was invented in the first place, and it is impossible, especially for Americans, not to be seduced by the doctrine. But it is nonetheless a philosophical superstition. Donald Livingston doctrinephilosophicalrights Zen has nothing to teach us in the way of intellectual analysis; nor has it any set doctrines which are imposed on its followers for acceptance. D.T. Suzuki doctrineintellectualacceptance In The Field Of Public Education, The Doctrine Of 'Separate But Equal' Has No Place Earl Warren doctrinefieldseducation The doctrine of the equality of man was never intended to apply to the equality of the Englishman and the Chinaman. Edmund Barton equality-of-mandoctrinemen So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule. Edmund Spenser graciousdoctrineexample Out of the doctrine of original sin grew the crimes and miseries of asceticism, celibacy and witchcraft; woman becoming the helpless victim of all these delusions. Elizabeth Cady Stanton asceticismdoctrineatheism Answer on being asked her opinion of Christ's presence in the Sacrament. 'Twas God the word that spake it, He took the Bread and brake it; And what the word did make it That I believe, and take it. Elizabeth I doctrineanswersbelieve But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reforms. Ellen G. White doctrinereformpeople A doctrine of endurance flows easily from our lips when we are enduring jam and our neighbors dry bread, and it is still possible for us to become resigned to the afflictions of our brother. Ellen Glasgow doctrineendurancebrother Unfortunately, philosophers of science usually regard scientific realism and scientific anti-realism as monistic doctrines. The assumption is that there is one goal of all scientific inference - finding propositions that are true, or finding propositions that are predictively accurate. In fact, there are multiple goals. Sometimes realism is the right interpretation of a scientific problem, while at other times instrumentalism is. Elliott Sober doctrinegoalfacts The Bible is our rule of faith and doctrine. Ellen G. White doctrinefaith I do not know if the doctrine that the nation-state arose in the 19th century was still being taught:;... but it is erroneous. The nation-state reaches back far into the origins of Europe itself and perhaps beyond. If Europe was not always a Europe of nations, it was always a Europe in which nations existed, and were taken for granted, as a basic form of the State. Enoch Powell doctrinetakeneurope I have always been resistant to doctrine, and any spirituality I had experienced thus far in my life had been much more abstract and not aligned with any recognized religion. For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music. It cannot be manipulated, or politicized, and when it is, that becomes immediately obvious. Eric Clapton trustworthyspiritualitydoctrine«23456789101112»
