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“Science is the study of the admitted laws of existence, which cannot prove a universal negative about whether those laws could ever be suspended by something admittedly above them. It is as if we were to say that a lawyer was so deeply learned in the American Constitution that he knew there could never be a revolution in America.”

Ifs America Law Science Existence Study Revolution Prove Negative Universal Constitution Lawyer Suspended American Constitution

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that it cannot be an evil.”

Evil Existence Prove Perfection Contradiction

Book:SĀDHANĀ - The Realisation of life

Source: SĀDHANĀ - The Realisation of life

“What I did that was new was to prove that the existence of classes is only bound up with particular, historical phases in the development of production; that the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat; and that dictatorship itself only constitutes the transition to the abolition of all classes and to a classless society.”

Existence Class Struggle Particular Development Prove Historical Bounds Productions Transition Dictatorship Phases Abolition Proletariat Class Struggle Classless Society

Book:The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

Source: The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

“There is no scientific way to validate anything that I or you can say about the soul because science cannot validate the existence of the soul any more that it can prove the existence of God.”

Way Soul Existence Prove Existence Of God

Author:Gary Zukav

“If my interlocutor desires to convince me that Jupiter has inhabitants, and that his description of them is accurate, it is for him to bring forward evidence in support of his contention. The burden of proof evidently lies on him; it is not for me to prove that no such beings exist before my non-belief is justified, but for him to prove that they do exist before my belief can be fairly claimed. Similarly, it is for the affirmer of God's existence to bring evidence in support of his affirmation; the burden of proof lies on him.”

Source: The Origins of Theosophy (Routledge Revivals): Annie Besant - The Atheist Years

“Reason can never prove the existence of God.”

Reason Existence Atheism Prove Positive Atheism Existence Of God

Author:Immanuel Kant

“The favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit, and yet does not prove that it exists. [Fr., La faveur des princes n'exclut pas le merite, et ne le suppose pas aussi.]”

Doe Existence Prove Favors Merit

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discloses to me His existence. [Fr., L'impossibilite ou je suis de prouver que Dieu n'est pas, me decouvre son existence.]”

God Existence Son Prove Impossibility

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“The star is the ultimate American verification of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile. His mere existence proves the perfectability of any man or woman. Oh wonderful pliability of human nature, in a society where anyone can become a celebrity! And where any celebrity . . . may become a star!”

Men Humans May Stars Existence Wonderful Human Nature Prove Ultimate Mere Verification Jean Jacques Rousseau Jacques Rousseau

Author:Daniel J. Boorstin

“I must admit that the existence of Disneyland (which I know is real) proves that we are not living in Judaea in 50 AD. . . . Saint Paul would never go near Disneyland. Only children, tourists, and visiting Soviet high officials ever go to Disneyland. Saints do not.”

Knows Children Real Existence Prove Saint Officials Ads Soviet Tourists Visiting Disneyland Only Child Saint Paul

Book:I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

Source: I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

“For without love we will lose the will to live. Our mental and physical vitality is impaired, our resistance is lowered, and we succumb to illnesses that often prove fatal. We may escape actual death, but what remains is a meager and barren existence, emotionally so impoverished that we can only be called half alive.”

May Loses Existence Half Alive Prove Remains Illness Resistance Vitality Without Love Barren Will To Live

Book:Love or perish

Source: Love or perish

“You must realize first of all that you are the proof of everything, including yourself. None can prove your existence, because his existence must be confirmed by you first. Your being and knowing you owe nobody. Remember, you are entirely on your own. You do not come from somewhere, you do not go anywhere. You are timeless being and awareness.”

Firsts Remember Realizing Existence Knowing Awareness Prove Including Proof Timeless Remember You Remembers You

Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“If the bible proves the existence of God, then Action Comics prove the existence of Superman.”

Ifs Action Existence Prove Existence Of God

Author:Graham Kendall

“I have hitherto followed the lines marked out by the Theist in his attempt to prove that there exists a mind behind natural phenomena, and that the universe as we have it is, at least generally, an evidence of a plan designed by this mind. I have also pointed out that the only datum for such a conclusion is the universe we know. We must take that as a starting point. We can get neither behind it nor beyond it. We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce God from the world.”

Knows World Mind Universe Natural Lines Behinds Existence Plans Atheism Prove Evidence Starting Positive Atheism Conclusion Data Starting Point Theist Natural Phenomena

Author:Chapman Cohen

“In my view, The Temple of Man is the most important work of scholarship of this century. R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz finally proves the existence of the legendary 'sacred science' of the Ancients and systematically demonstrates its modus operandi. It was this great science-based upon an intimate and exact knowledge of cosmic principles-that fused art, religion, science, and philosophy into one coherent whole and sustained Ancient Egypt for three thousand years.”

“Prove beyond reasonable doubt that the process of evolution (option 3 above, under known options) is the only possible way the observed phenomena could have come into existence.”

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Author:Kent Hovind

“In Deism our reason and our belief become happily united. The wonderful structure of the universe, and everything we behold in the system of the creation, prove to us, far better than books can do, the existence of a God, and at the same time proclaim His attributes.”

Book Reason Universe Belief Can Do United Existence Wonderful Creation Prove Structure Attributes Deism

Book:The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine

Source: The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine

“The Almighty proves his existence by creating.”

Existence Prove Creating Almighty

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“We can trace back our existence almost to a point. Former time presents us with trains of thoughts gradually diminishing to nothing. But our ideas of futurity are perpetually expanding. Our desires and our hopes, even when modified by our fears, seem to grasp at immensity. This alone would be sufficient to prove the progressiveness of our nature, and that this little earth is but a point from which we start toward a perfection of being.”

Littles Ideas Seems Would Be Earth Desire Existence Progress Prove Perfection Train Former Sufficient Expanding Immensity Train Of Thought

Author:Humphry Davy

“Atheists say no one can prove the existence of God but I say no one can disprove that God exists I see God in everything I feel his presence everywhere to me I know that he exists.”

Knows Feels Existence Prove Atheist God Exists Existence Of God

Author:Shane Harper

“During our religious instruction in school, we always asked: How can one prove the existence of God? And I have learned that the Catholic Church, which is never at a loss for an answer when it comes to existential questions, responds as follows: This question simply does not arise.”

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Author:Jean-Claude Juncker

“The immediate source of a mind... must be a mind which existed before the conception took place; the mind must have a continuity from a previous mind. This we hold to prove the existence of a past life.”

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Author:Dalai Lama

“Those who believe in God because their experience of life and the facts of nature prove his existence must have led sheltered lives and closed their hearts to the voice of their brothers' blood.”

Believe Heart Facts Voice Existence Blood Brother Prove Believe In God Sheltered Lives

Author:Walter Kaufmann

“Science's tools will never prove or disprove God's existence.”

Existence Prove Tools

Author:Francis Collins

“The autonomous individual, striving to realize himself and prove his worth, has created all that is great in literature, art, music, science and technology. The autonomous individual, also, when he can neither realize himself nor justify his existence by his own efforts, is a breeding call of frustration, and the seed of the convulsions which shake our world to its foundations.”

Source: The Passionate State of Mind

“We always search for the signature of God to prove His existence. And now I say unto you that Art is His very signature!”

Art Existence Prove Art Is Signatures

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“The existence of hypocrites does not prove the non-existence of true believers.”

Doe Existence Prove Believer Hypocrite True Believer Non Existence

Book:The Salt-cellars: Being a Collection of Proverbs, Together with Homely Notes Thereon

Source: The Salt-cellars: Being a Collection of Proverbs, Together with Homely Notes Thereon

“It might be judged an affront to your understanding should I go about to prove this first principle; the existence of a Diety and that He is the Creator of the universe, for that would suppose you ignorant of what all mankind in all ages have agreed in.”

Should Firsts Might Age Universe Understanding Existence Principles Mankind Prove Creator Ignorant Judged Should I Affront

Book:The works of Benjamin Franklin: containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition, and many letters, official and private, not hitherto published ; with notes and a life of the author

Source: The works of Benjamin Franklin: containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition, and many letters, official and private, not hitherto published ; with notes and a life of the author