#doctrine

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#age #brings #distrust #doctrine #familiar

Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action, and it makes little difference whether they be forces for good or forces for evil. ↗

— Henry Miller

#difference #doctrine #evil #example #forces

A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have. ↗

— Dwight L. Moody

#creed #doctrine #friend #had #himself

The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative. ↗

— Benito Mussolini

#aims #conception #doctrine #essence #fascism

Never will the doctrine of spontaneous generation recover from the mortal blow struck by this simple experiment. ↗

— Louis Pasteur

#doctrine #experiment #generation #mortal #never

Names are changed more readily than doctrines, and doctrines more readily than ceremonies. ↗

— Thomas Love Peacock

#changed #doctrines #more #names #readily

The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#basis #build #coalition #doctrine #embraced

Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#age #cannot #character #construct #cosmic

A true servant of God will never teach a false doctrine. He will never deny new revelation. He never will tell you that the canon of scripture is full, or that the New Testament is the last revelation ever intended to be given to man. ↗

— Orson Pratt

#deny #doctrine #ever #false #full

Meanwhile the Church more and more provided for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, by practically chaining His influence to the hierarchy and the sacraments. ↗

— Robert Rainy

#doctrine #hierarchy #his #holy #holy spirit