Proctor: I am only wondering how I may prove what she told me, Elizabeth. If the girl's a saint now, I think it is not easy to prove she's fraud, and the town gone so silly. She told it to me in a room alone- I have no proof for it. Elizabeth: You we...
There's a reason we refer to "leaps of faith" - because the decision to consent to any notion of divinity is a mighty jump from the rational over to the unknowable, and I don't care how diligently scholars of every religion will try to sit you down w...
The first and most important field of philosophy is the application of principles such as “Do not lie.” Next come the proofs, such as why we should not lie. The third field supports and articulates the proofs, by asking, for example, “How does ...
There are those who don’t believe in God and yet do good. There are those who believe in God and kill for that belief; those who prepare for war because they claim they want peace, and so on. So one has to ask oneself what need there is to believe ...
Why do many believers insist on repeatedly pointing to the crimes of 20th century dictators who led officially atheistic societies as some sort of evidence of their god's existence? It makes no sense. If the rivers of blood on Stalin's hands and Mao'...
[last lines] Niki Lauda: Of course he didn't listen to me. For James, one world title was enough. He had proved what he needed to prove. To himself and anyone who doubted him. And two years later, he retired. When I saw him next in London, seven year...
[Tristan and Yvaine are imprisoned in the pirate ship] Yvaine: Tell me about Victoria, then. Tristan: Well, she... she... There's nothing more to tell you. Yvaine: The little I know about love is that it's unconditional. It's not something you can bu...
He had the nerve not to drink in a University where you proved your manhood by being drunk most of your first year.
Just in front of her lay the Congaree Swamp National Forest. To prove it, a mosquito the size of a kitten landed on her arm and prepared to drill.
Faith ― acceptance of which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.
My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other?
Don’t you think it’s a bad sign that your best argument for your beau is that nothing has been proved in court?
Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition.
as the needs of all living things must, we have proved that it is a very safe thing to trust in the Lord our God.
Persecution is an enemy the Church has met and mastered many times. Indifference could prove to be a far more dangerous foe.
In this world, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you got it.
If last night proved anything, it's that life is a strong drink served up in an extremely short - and fragile - shot glass.
Management is proving beyond a shadow of a doubt they don't have enough to do," she murmured back. "So they've invented a new acronym.
I like to think I'm not stupid often, tonight proves that when I am, I do it in a big way.
Faith is accepting what makes no sense, what we cannot prove, but know down deep in our souls is real.
From the age of four, I was a huge comic fan and still am. When Lost in Space came along it was like being in a huge comic so we jumped at the chance of being part of that project and it proved to be a good choice.
