George H. Smith Quotes

I am arguing that faith as such, faith as an alleged method of acquiring knowledge, is totally invalid and as a consequence, all propositions of faith, because they lack rational demonstration, must conflict with reason.

George H. Smith

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• I think it is impossible to explain faith. It is like trying to explain air, which one cannot do by dividing it into its component parts and labeling them scientifically. It must be breathed to be understood.

  

  Patrick White
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• I don't do athletics for any other reason than achieving certain distances, certain titles and goals in my head.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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• Republican values - strong families, faith, personal responsibility and freedom, among others - are not unique to specific subsets of the electorate. They are universal values, and it is Republicans' job to remind Americans of that fact.

  

  Gary Bauer
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• The food being presented at the most expensive restaurants, by the most sophisticated chefs, was not always recognizable as food to the diner - it required a leap of faith, and I felt curious about that phenomenon.

  

  Dana Goodyear
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• The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

  

  Irving Babbitt
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• I've been trying to understand conflict and violence ever since I was a kid. You know. There were a few things that happened even on my block - the Black Panthers used to be right around the corner from where we were.

  

  Forest Whitaker
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• Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.

  

  Faith Evans
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• I like conflict - someone who challenges me, someone who I can look up to, someone who can keep me in check. Love has to be extraordinary; otherwise, there's no point in it. I just haven't met anyone who's made me feel that way.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • Like
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• Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.

  

  Edith Hamilton
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  • Belief
  • Active

• The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.

  

  Navjot Singh Sidhu
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  • Same
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• Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.

  

  T. D. Jakes
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• A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • History
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• My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.

  Olusegun Obasanjo
  • God
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• One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • World
  • Conflict
  • Greatest

• A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.

  

  Xun Kuang
  • Good
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• In their war against Israel's existence, the Arab governments took advantage of the Cold War. They enlisted the military, economic, and political support of the communist world against Israel, and they turned a local, regional conflict into an international powder keg.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
  • World
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• Dark are the paths which a higher hand allows us to traverse here... let us hold fast to the faith that a finer, more sublime solution of the enigmas of earthly life will be present, will become part of us.

  

  Carl Friedrich Gauss
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  • Hand

• Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.

  

  Aristotle
  • Knowledge
  • Reason
  • Fact

• Sweet intercourse of looks and smiles; for smiles from reason flow.

  

  John Milton
  • Reason
  • Flow
  • Smiles

• Koudelka looked back, "You?! I know you! You trust beyond reason!" Cordelia met his eyes steadily, "Yes, it's how I get results beyond hope, as you may recall.

  

  Lois McMaster
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• I was quite nervous in my first week at Barcelona, but after that, I was relaxed.

  

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• Ain't singing for Pepsi, ain't singing for Coke, I don't sing for nobody, makes me look like a joke.

  

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  • Singing
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• The vagaries of the industry and show business itself would not lead one to conclude a lengthy career - because things change. Popularities come and go. The tragedy of it is that somebody like Robin Williams should suffer from that, and be driven to commit suicide. If ever there was an untimely, unfair death, it was him.

  

  Chris Stein Blondie
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• I am arguing that faith as such, faith as an alleged method of acquiring knowledge, is totally invalid and as a consequence, all propositions of faith, because they lack rational demonstration, must conflict with reason.

  

  George H. Smith
  • Faith
  • Reason
  • Conflict