Quotes about Proof
The philosopher must argue for sense experience by appealing to sense experience. What choice does he have? If he appeals to something else as his final authority, he is simply being inconsistent. But this is the case with any basic commitment. When we are arguing on behalf of an absolute authority, then our final appeal must be to that authority and to no other. A proof of the primacy of reason must appeal to reason; a proof of the necessity of logic must appeal to logic;
— John Frame
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.
— Ashley Montagu
If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDEDFOR THE EXISTENCE OF GODWAS MUSIC
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.
— GK Chesterton
It is all very well to say that a man is clever, but the reader wants to see examples of it...
— Arthur Conan Doyle
It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it. If you were asked to prove that two and two made four, you might find some difficulty, and yet you are quite sure of the fact.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
The very existence of a world carries with it the proof of a world-maker, as the table guarantees the pre-existence of the carpenter. Granting
— Arthur Conan Doyle
Love is proved by deeds; the more they cost us, the greater the proof of our love.
— Mother Teresa
Many atheistic scientists insist there is never any reason to speculate beyond the universe of matter and energy, because there is nothing beyond that. They insist that the universe is all that is. The problem is that they cannot by any means prove this scientifically, so for them to make this claim at all is itself "unscientific." Ironically, in doing so, such scientists are themselves reaching beyond the world of science.
— Eric Metaxas
The secret to happiness is to put the burden of proof on unhappiness.
— Robert Brault
Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science.
— Barack Obama
But who in this day has any proper understanding of the need for scriptural proof? How often we hear innumerable arguments 'from life' and 'from experience' put forward as the basis for most crucial decisions.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer