Norman Geisler Quotes

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.

All generalizations are false, including this one.

The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow.

There is no more dangerous error than that of mistaking the effect for the cause.

Reason cannot break out of its own loop.

Paradox implies that stating a contradiction disposes of it.

The dogma is that that dogma is a mistake.

If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement. But when you have a deep truth, then the opposite of a deep truth may again be a deep truth.

Nothing is more abstract than reality.

I live by syllogisms: God is love. Love is blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God. I don't know what I'd believe in if it wasn't for that.

Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.

You may assume infinite ignorance and unlimited intelligence.

I may indeed very well happen to contradict myself; but truth, as Demades said, I do not contradict.

God is our name for the last generalization to which we can arrive.

The infinite we shall do right away. The finite may take a little longer.

Those who deny the existence of the truth postulate the truth of their denial and plainly contradict themselves.

Nothing matters to a man who says nothing matters.

The World is perfect as it is, including my desire to change it

I have a friend who lives by a three-word philosophy: Seize the Moment. Just possibly, she may be the wisest woman on this planet.

A husband may forget where he went on his honeymoon, but he never forgets why.

However good an argument in philosophy may happen to be, it is generally not good enough.

When you talk and think of the Absolute, you have to do it in the relative; so all these logical arguments apply.

I say I'm not a singer, so that means I can't sing. But - doesn't it?

A scientist may not be sure of the answer, but he's often sure he can find one. And that's a condition which is clearly not enjoyed by philosophy.

Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water.