Quotes having the keyword Truths
The author is aware that the essence of the Christian faith is perfectly independent of his criticism. The supernatural birth of Christ, his miracles, his resurrection and ascension, remain eternal truths, whatever doubts may be cast on their reality as historical facts.
by David Friedrich Strauss (Theologian, German , born in 1808) keywords: author, aware, birth, cast, christ, christian, criticism, doubts, essence, eternal, facts, faith, his, historical, independent, may, miracles, perfectly, reality, remain, resurrection, supernatural, their, truths , whatever But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know.
by Donna Tartt (Novelist, American , born in 1963) keywords: also, away, certain, hard, important, know, lead, life, romantic, truths, ugly, very , vision I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others.
by Edward Tufte (Educator, American , born in 1942) keywords: am, approximations, certainly, closer, discoverable, generous, hope, intellectual, others, side, some, than, things, think, tolerant, truth , truths Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.
by Paul Valery (Poet, French , born in 1871) keywords: become, before, flesh, long, made, must, our, ourselves, pass, truths, very , years The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
by Paul Valery (Poet, French , born in 1871) topics: Science keywords: capital, discovery, folly, inborn, metaphor, oneself, oracle, paradox, proof, spring, torrent, truths , us The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.
by Voltaire (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: lost, never, power, reason, religion, those, truths, understood , well In this play we're dealing with relative truths - who's lying, who's telling the truth. But underneath that, Ed and I have hit this deeper level of intimacy between old friends that comes out in the play.
by Fred Ward (Actor, American , born in 1942) keywords: between, comes, dealing, deeper, ed, friends, hit, intimacy, level, lying, old, out, play, relative, telling, truth, truths , underneath Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
by William Arthur Ward (Writer, American , born in 1921) keywords: learned, temporary, test, these, time, tonic, tribulation, trouble, truths, tube , wise The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.
by Rebecca West (Author, Irish , born in 1892) keywords: cannot, complicated, forgets, learn, man, simple, too, trouble, truths, twofold , which But he is unworthy the name of a minister of the gospel of peace, who is unwilling, not only to have his name cast out as evil, but also to die for the truths of the Lord Jesus.
by George Whitefield (Clergyman, American , born in 1714) keywords: also, cast, die, evil, gospel, his, jesus, lord, minister, name, only, out, peace, truths, unwilling , unworthy If they are, then the only ultimate truths are the particulars of concrete experience, and no postulate or general assumption is inherent in science until its proceedings become systematic, or the truths already reached give direction to further research.
by Chauncey Wright (Philosopher, American , born in 1830) keywords: already, assumption, become, concrete, direction, experience, further, general, give, inherent, only, particulars, postulate, proceedings, reached, research, science, systematic, then, truths, ultimate , until We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them.
by Chauncey Wright (Philosopher, American , born in 1830) keywords: able, compulsion, ignorance, nothing, receive, resist, science, them , truths The simplest principles become difficult of practice, when habits, formed in error, have been fixed by time, and the simplest truths hard to receive when prejudice has warped the mind.
by Francis Wright (Activist, Scottish , born in 1795) keywords: become, been, difficult, error, fixed, formed, habits, hard, mind, practice, prejudice, principles, receive, simplest, time, truths , warped
