Belief Quotes

The way to belief is short and easy, the way to knowledge is long and hard.

I try to steer away from high metaphysical belief because I think we humans do best when we realize that we don't know all that much.

We are reluctant to let go of the belief that if I am to care for something I must control it.

I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belief in trying to help others.

One of the most fallacious doctrines originated by Satan and propounded by man is that man is saved alone by the grace of God; that belief in Jesus Christ alone is all that is needed for salvation

It is the belief and not the god that counts.

Religion may in most of its forms be defined as the belief that the gods are on the side of the government.

It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial.

This belief in the necessity of English training has enslaved us. It has unfitted us for true national service.

To lead others is to help them change their thoughts, beliefs and actions for the better.

Some things have to be believed to be seen. -Ralph Hodgson

Belief in a future life is the appetite of reason.

He was extremely reticent in his religious sentiments, at least in all that he wrote. Allusions to his belief are rarely, if ever, to be met with in his correspondence.

Believing is such a comfort that it's hard to give up a belief just because it isn't true.

There is no such thing as loving or believing too much.

Whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants.

Must be nice to have that kind of unshakable belief in a merciful higher power.

Belief in a Divine mission is one of the many forms of certainty that have afflicted the human race.

The difficulty comes from this, that Christianity (Christian orthodoxy) is exclusive and that belief in its truth excludes belief in any other truth. It does not absorb; it repulses.

You can never have too much butter - that is my belief. If I have a religion, that's it.

Dad has, and had, a deservedly glowing reputation. However, this belief in 'reputation first' seems to have given rise to his fears of what might be rumored after his death.

As success converts treason into legitimacy, so belief converts fiction into fact, and "nothing is but what is not.

Forceful actions arising from erroneous beliefs often create social effects that confirm the misbeliefs

... three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in its correctness.

All human belief systems are inherently flawed.

The deeper your belief, the deeper your pockets.

A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul.

What is gayer than believing in a household god?

I have come to realize that an early symptom of approaching mental illness is the belief that one's work is terribly important. If you consider your work very important you should take a day off.

Let any man speak long enough, he will get believers.

It is upon each soul to recognize its limit.

We do not credit to the ideal of religious freedom when we talk as though religious belief is something of which public-spirited adults should be ashamed.

If it is finally accepted that the personality in whole or part survives death - and I believe that it will be - then such a belief will be considered as modern as a belief in spaceships and rockets.

When the thick layers of dark clouds occupy the sky, if there is no wind at all to sweep them away, start blowing with courage and belief

Our consciousness, our ideas, our frame of reference and our belief system determine whether we go to the river of life with a teaspoon, a cup, a bucket or a barrel.

How can you hope to recognize good and evil for what they truly are if you have no belief in a moral authority greater than yourself?

Atheism is the lack of belief in a god (or gods). It makes no claim. It merely rejects the claim that a god (or gods) exists. Nothing more.

Maybe the reason faith is called faith is because seeing doesn't lead to belief, but belief transforms the way we see.

Financial markets ... resent any kind of government interference but they hold a belief deep down that if conditions get really rough the authorities will step in.

The Conservative Party is a religion in that they are bound together by belief. Almost any organization has its religious aspects.

The nearest we can come to) perfect happiness is to cheat ourselves with the belief that we have got it.

Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come.

only that which is deeply felt can change us. Rational arguments alone cannot penetrate the layers of fear and conditioning that comprise our crippling belief system.

Work is life for me, it is the only point of life - and with it there is almost religious belief that service is everything.

In belief lies the secret of all valuable exertion.

Whatever your beliefs are, you do not have to justify them to others.

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.

Every American expects and deserves clean air, and then we act on that belief, then we will set an example for the rest of the world to follow.

An ethical atheist is infinitely more valuable than an unethical pious! What matters is whether you are ethical or not; your beliefs are utterly trivial beside this matter!

The belief that we are what the media says we are, what people perceive we are, is soon to be what we think we are. We are treated based on this warped perception. It is hard to get away from it.