“Vehemence is the expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that can never stand on its own. Whether it is our own meaningless self we are upholding, or some doctrine devoid of evidence, we can do it only in a frenzy of faith.” SelfCan DoEffortSupportAtheismExpressionEvidenceBlindPositive AtheismDoctrineMeaninglessFrenzyVehemence Author:Eric Hoffer
“Whether considered as a doctrine, or as an historical fact, or as a movemement, socialism, if it really remains socialism, cannotbe brought into harmony with the dogmas of the Catholic church.... Religious socialism, Christian socialism, are expressions implying a contradiction in terms.” IfsFactsChristianTermChurchReligiousExpressionHarmonyCatholicRemainsHistoricalSocialismDoctrineContradictionDogmaCatholic ChurchImplyingHistorical Facts Author:Pope Pius XI
“To one completely committed to this realm of becoming, as are the empiricists, the claim to apprehend verities is a sign of psychopathology. Probably we have here but a highly sophisticated expression of the doctrine that ideals are hallucination and that the only normal, sane person is the healthy extrovert, making instant, instinctive adjustments to the stimuli of the material world.” WorldPersonsExpressionMaterialsBecomingHealthyNormalIdealsClaimsCommittedDoctrineRealmsInstantSaneSophisticatedStimulusAdjustmentHallucinationsMaterial WorldExtrovertsPsychopathology Book:Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition Source: Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition
“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.” EndsSpiritualForceResultsExpressionOppositesFoundationDoctrineDoomedOrganizational Book:Mein Kampf Source: Mein Kampf
“Anyone and anything can be a vehicle for the expression of God - but never contain the fullness of God. Therefore, the church recognizes that God will simultaneously employ and shatter. .. all doctrines, all ideologies. .. even within the church itself.” ChurchExpressionGods WillDoctrineIdeologyVehicleFullness Author:Thomas G. Bandy
“No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic value of artistic creations, nor limit the forms of literacy or artistic expression. Nor should it pronounce on the validity of economic, historic, religious, or philosophical doctrines. Instead it has a duty to its citizens to maintain the freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race.” WayShouldHumansMayCharacterGovernmentFormPoliticalValuesReligiousRacePrinciplesDemocracyEconomicCreationAdventureExpressionDutyDevelopmentCitizensLimitsPhilosophicalDetermineDoctrineArtisticHuman RaceAestheticLiteracyHistoricValidityArtistic ExpressionArtistic Creation Author:Richard P. Feynman