Quotes of Leslie Stephen - somelinesforyou

“ God is angry with man. Unless we believe and repent we shall all be damned. It is impossible, indeed, for its advocates even to say this without instantly contradicting themselves. Their doctrine frightens them. They explain in various ways that a great many people will be saved without believing, and that eternal damnation is not eternal nor damnation. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ God is angry with man. Unless we believe and repent we shall all be damned. It is impossible, indeed, for its advocates even to say this without instantly contradicting themselves. Their doctrine frightens them. They explain in various ways that a great many people will be saved without believing, and that eternal damnation is not eternal nor damnation. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ Chance is a name for our ignorance. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ The doctrine of toleration requires a positive as well as a negative statement. It is not only wrong to burn a man on account of his creed, but it is right to encourage the open avowal and defence of every opinion sincerely maintained. Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service… ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ Chance is a name for our ignorance. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ Chance is a name for our ignorance. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ She's throwing well. She's just playing with tremendous confidence. The team has made some great plays behind her. If we get her a couple of runs for a lead, as a coach, it's a great feeling. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ If you wish at once to do nothing and be respectable nowadays, the best pretext is to be at work on some profound study. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ If you wish at once to do nothing and be respectable nowadays, the best pretext is to be at work on some profound study. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ Chance is a name for our ignorance. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ Chance is a name for our ignorance. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service. ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ The doctrine of toleration requires a positive as well as a negative statement. It is not only wrong to burn a man on account of his creed, but it is right to encourage the open avowal and defence of every opinion sincerely maintained. Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service… ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ The doctrine of toleration requires a positive as well as a negative statement. It is not only wrong to burn a man on account of his creed, but it is right to encourage the open avowal and defence of every opinion sincerely maintained. Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service… ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ The doctrine of toleration requires a positive as well as a negative statement. It is not only wrong to burn a man on account of his creed, but it is right to encourage the open avowal and defence of every opinion sincerely maintained. Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service… ”

- Leslie Stephen

“ If atheism is to be used to express the state of mind in which God is identified with the unknowable, and theology is pronounced to be a collection of meaningless words about unintelligible chimeras, then I have no doubt, and I think few people doubt. ”

- Leslie Stephen
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