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;

Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.

If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDEDFOR THE EXISTENCE OF GODWAS MUSIC

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.

It is all very well to say that a man is clever, but the reader wants to see examples of it...

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.

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

Love is proved by deeds; the more they cost us, the greater the proof of our love.

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.

The secret to happiness is to put the burden of proof on unhappiness.

Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science.

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.