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Evident Quotes

God is the "mysterium tremendum," that appears and overthrows, but he is also the mystery of the self-evident, nearer to me than my I.

Lev Shestov, Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber (1969). “Great twentieth century Jewish philosophers: Shestov, Rosenzweig, Buber, with selections from their writings”

To be without pity for other mens falls, is an evident sign that we shall fall ourselves shortly.

St Philip Neri (2009). “The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri”, p.18, St Athanasius Press

If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved. Similarly if nothing is obligatory for its own sake, nothing is obligatory at all.

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.34, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Mathematics in general is fundamentally the science of self-evident things.

"Anwendung der Differential-und Integralrechnung auf Geometrie". Book by Georg Scheffers, p. 26, 1920.

The gods are fond of the cryptic and dislike the evident.

Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.196, A&C Black

Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them.

Epictetus (1944). “Epictetus: Discourses and Enchiridion”

Madonna's great instinctive intelligence was evident to me from her earliest videos.

Camille Paglia (2011). “Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays”, p.4, Vintage

Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.

Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.117, Courier Corporation