The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.

There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.

I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done.

I know too much to be a sceptic and too little to be a dogmatist.

It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.

The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.

The movement of comets is part of the ordinary works of nature which without regard to the happiness or misery of mankind are transported from one part of the heavens to another by virtue of the general laws of motion.

Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.

I've had a very good career and I'm grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy.

Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.

The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice.

The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.

The principal barrier to a general acceptance of the monist position is that it is counterintuitive.

The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.

Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.

I'm thrilled of the acceptance I get abroad. The people are so hearty, warm and grateful and I feel privileged having seen so many countries and some of the greatest monuments.

In America, educators punish those who actually think for themselves. There is only acceptance for popular opinion.

Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known.

At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.

Peace Corps helps promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and non-violent co-existence among people of diverse cultures and systems of government.

That was the - It was an exciting time because it was as though I was sort of tied up in a paper bag or in a gunny sack with a rope around the neck of it, and all of a sudden with the acceptance of that first book everything sort of spilled out!

Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.

If my acceptance of the office of Governor would serve my country, though my administration would be attended with the loss of personal credit and reputation, I would cheerfully undertake it.

What we need is not more distrust and division. What we need now is acceptance.

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.

To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

I'm from the Midwest, and I loved my family. I had a very good time as a child, but I was also - I have a theory about Jews growing up in the Midwest, that there is an ultimately sort of wonderful avoidance of a lot of things, and a great acceptance of whatever is happening.

Acceptance of the power of God in one's life lays the groundwork for personal commitment to both science and Christianity, which so often have been in conflict.

On the other hand in London you can get an audience that desires dance to go as far as it can go: they've seen the bricks of ideas built over a period so therefore there is an acceptance of what otherwise might seem out on a limb.

Notwithstanding these major arguments the wave theory initially did not meet with complete acceptance.

One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system. That concept has lagged behind in its acceptance.

If the Republicans think that by having stated and even achieved most of the Contract that they are therefore entitled to the acceptance and favor of the American voter, they're crazy.

Most centrist Democrats... try to distance themselves from controversies that recall the 1960s. There are journalistic centrists as well, who avoid hard truths for the sake of acceptance and legitimacy.

Of course language manifests a belief only if we use its words with the implied acceptance of their appositeness.

Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful.

My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did.