Belief Quotes

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.

Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.

Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.

The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun.

You’re not necessarily supposed to believe it…You’re just supposed to believe in it.

The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked nothing of you except a drifting belief in the moment and its power to satisfy.

What I'm asking you to entertain is that there is nothing we need to believe on insufficient evidence in order to have deeply ethical and spiritual lives.

Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.

Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy, and make the most of where you are

A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not slavery.

I don't feel particularly comfortable about actors using whatever power they may have to push their beliefs, unless they're extremely well informed.

My parents did great and provided well, and gave all their kids personal, moral, ethical values, not a belief that we were entitled to something.

One can mistrust one's own senses, but not one's own belief.

My persistence is the measure of the belief I have in myself.

Religion is based on dogma and belief, whereas science is based on doubt and questioning.

Religious belief is not a precondition either of ethical conduct or of happiness.

It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.

We were not a hugging people. In terms of emotional comfort it was our belief that no amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well made cocktail.

Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash.

Discipleship is based solely on devotion to Jesus Christ, not on following after a particular belief or doctrine.

The central Christian belief is that Christ's death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start.

He who knows most believes the least.

Belief isn't always easy. But this much I have learned--- if not enough else--- to live with my eyes open.

Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts

Christ...an anarchist who succeeded. That's all.

Any one can heal who believes that he can, and who will take the time to put that belief in motion through the Law.

Every problem emerges from the false belief we are separate from one another, and every answer emerges from the realization we are not.

One has to be realistic. One’s concern for equity and justice in the world must not carry one into the alien territory of unreasoned belief. That’s very important.

They felt that science would be corrosive to religious belief and they were worried about it. Damn it, I think they were right. It is corrosive to religious belief and it's a good thing.

My belief is that the music is always stronger than the performer: there is always something new, something we learn, whether at a performance or during a rehearsal.

All personal breakthroughs being with a change in beliefs. So how do we change? The most effective way is to get your brain to associate massive pain to the old belief.

It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us.

If the truth conflicts with my beliefs, I change my beliefs.

A person can do other things against his will, but belief is possible only in one who is willing.

One of the main causes of trouble in the world is dogmatic and fanatical belief in some doctrine for which there is no adequate evidence

It isn't polls or public opinion at the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership--men with fortitude, honesty, and a belief in the right that makes epochs in the history of the world.

It takes visions and courage to create. It takes faith and courage to prove.

Gaining insight into one's underlying motives, it seems, is more like a belief conversion than a self-discovery process

Nothing binds me to my Lord like a strong belief in His changeless love.

Belief and seeing are both often wrong.

A man so painfully in love is capable of self-torture beyond belief.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Changing behaviours begins with evolving beliefs.

The roots of our ecological crises are axiomatic: they lie in our belief and value structures which shape our relationship with nature, with each other and the lifestyles we lead.

It's ridiculous what I do. I can't believe in it - but I have to.

Every time you share your vision, you strengthen your own subconscious belief that you can achieve it.

The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.