Quotes about Proof

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

It is the surest proof of man's natural enmity against God that he dares to impute falsehood to one who is truth itself.

In truth the Church is too unique to prove herself unique. For most popular and easy proof is by parallel; and here there is no parallel.

Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove.

Love can't be pinned down by a definition, and it certainly can't be proved, any more than anything else important in life can be proved.

To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him.

No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.

It is never too late to give up your prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.

The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.

One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.

What was the rationale for all this pillaging? Souvenirs. These people needed something to remember themselves by. An odd thing, souvenir-hunting: now becomes then even while it is still now. You don't really believe you're there, and so you nick the proof, or something you mistake for it.

Axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses: We read fine—things but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the Author.