philosophical doctrines Quotes

I am nervous about dogmas of any kind, whether they be religious, political, or anti-religious. Too many heads have rolled because of them.

Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves.

Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow on another like the withered leaves of Autumn.

So Marxism, Freudianism: any one of these things I think is an irrational cult. They're theology, so they're whatever you think of theology; I don't think much of it. In fact, in my view that's exactly the right analogy: notions like Marxism and Freudianism belong to the history of organized religion.

Ideologies can survive hostility, but not indifference.

The doctrines some now preach could not build a mouse-trap.

The scriptures of Christians, Mussalmans and Hindus are all replete with the teaching of ahimsa.

Propensities and principles must be reconciled by some means.

Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas. It is true that every dogma crumbles sooner or later, because reality will eventually disclose its falseness; however, unless the basic delusion of it is seen for what it is, it will be replaced by others.

Everyone cleaves to the doctrine he has happened upon, as to a rock against which he has been thrown by tempest.