Quotes About Assent

These are often referred to as the three Stoic disciplines: desire, action, and assent.

Courage consists in being reliant on oneself and others to the extent that, irrespective of differences in physical and social circumstance, all manifest in their behaviour and their relationships that very same spark which makes us recognise them, which makes us crave their assent or their criticism, the spark which means we share a common fate.

Whenever we hear an opinion and believe it, we make an agreement, and it becomes part of our belief system.

Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.

You must be able to say, with reasonable certainty, "I understand," before you can say "I agree," or "I disagree," or "I suspend judgment.

My favorite word? "Yes."

Yes. That's exactly right.

Only if God IS ultimate reality, can he be our unconditional concern; only then can he be the object of surrender, obedience, and assent. Faith in anything which has only preliminary reality is idolatrous.