Belief Quotes
To benefit by others' killing and to delude oneself into the belief that one is being very religions and nonviolent is sheer self-deception.
The Angel is one of those Articles of Faith as unshakable as our belief in the existence of God, an atom, or the ill luck of the number 13.
There's no way I know, to get through the pain of a startup without belief that the mission really matters.
I'm of the belief that dating "potential" is almost always an exercise in frustration.
It actually has transcended my career at the Geographic, so that when my career there ended, I had momentum as a teacher, and a belief in photographic education at the workshop level.
It is desire that engenders belief and if we fail as a rule to take this into account, it is because most of the desires that create beliefs end only with our own life.
I respect the rights of those who do not share my beliefs...but to teach my faith to my children...and to share it with anyone who will listen...that is my right too!
That is probable which for the most part usually comes to pass, or which is a part of the ordinary beliefs of mankind.
If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.
Even though it runs counter to popular belief, Life's critical decisions are usually made in the heart and only later ratified by the brain.
She had no images of this love. She could offer no anecdotes. It was a belief rather than a memory.
I've almost come to feel that it doesn't make much difference what you believe in - the thing that's important is a state of belief. It's much better to believe in nonsense than in nothing.
Not one man, in the million, shall I say? no, not in the hundred million, can rise above the belief that woman was made for man.
... it has always been the depth of my belief, my faith, or my love that was the mainspring of my behavior. When once I believed in doing a thing, nothing could prevent my doing it.
Everyone seems to be searching and yearning for answers whatever they may be. And that ends up being some kind of spiritual or religious belief.
So many of the problems we have today are because people don't respect the beliefs of others.
Because our consciousness is tied to the physical manifestation of reality, we are tied to the belief in separation.
Faith is a devout belief in what one does not understand.
One should believe only what can be chosen to be true or just. Irrational (or unjustified) beliefs should be avoided because they can have disastrous practical consequences.
A democratic state will protect the freedom to hold any beliefs other than those that harm others, such as racism. In particular, it will see to it that no one is harmed just because of her beliefs.
Way down deep the American people are afraid of an entangling relationship between formal religions - or whole bodies of religious belief - and government.
As Wade Clark Roof noted in his study, the 'weightlessness' of contemporary belief in God is a reality...for religious liberals and many evangelicals.
It is beyond belief that someone could come to the launch of a report on antisemitism in the Labour party and espouse such vile conspiracy theories about Jewish people...
My deep belief is that all of us have the same lifelong work: to learn honesty, courage, and love. To learn, in other words, how to be our best selves.
My belief is that everything that's written about you is actually secondary showbiz nonsense, and you shouldn't take any notice of it.
George W. Bush was great on the belief that America was the solution to the world's problems, not the problem, and was a great defender, believer.
My children's books are written on the belief that every child has a talent and a passion. Each story unfolds into an adventure of nurturing that confidence until a passion blooms.
Many things in life inspire philanthropy, such as your faith in humanity and your belief in the human spirit to overcome.
What is possible and what is not possible is not objectively known but is, rather, a subjective belief on the part of the author and of the reader.
There is another consequence of any belief in a single god, and that is that it is a very good excuse for people to behave very badly.
Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts.
Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
Cynicism was a school in Greece - the Cynics. Diogenes is a famous Cynic. There was a strong belief in nihilism and narcissism. Those are old schools too.
Achamian tossed his hands skyward in dismay. “Foolish boy! How many faiths are there? How many competing beliefs? And you would murder another on the slender hope that yours is somehow the only one?
