“I think the common experience is that modern shamans are called by the spirits; we just don’t have a collective belief system… — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
I've spent the last few years really trying to come out of that belief system. Speaking mythologically, it's like Beauty and the… — Francis Dunnery Copy Share Image
“To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense… — William James Copy Share Image
“Judging someone without knowing their life experience, without knowing their pain, by their physical appearance, by their social status, from your own… — H. W. Mann Copy Share Image
“Manda and Sara are annoying because their whole belief system is in opposition to my own. They live by a Grand Theft… — Megan McCafferty Copy Share Image
“But once you have a belief system everything that comes in either gets ignored if it doesn't fit the belief system or… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“Being generous often consists of simply extending a hand. That's hard to do if you are grasping tightly to your righteousness, your… — Patti Digh Copy Share Image
“And this is all based on a belief system that we never chose to believe. These beliefs are so strong, that even… — Miguel Ruiz Copy Share Image
“You would never do anything like that, would you?" my wife asked him. "You would never hurt animals." Our son shook his… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“They were asking Cullen to tell them things that Cullen believed he could not tell them. The detectives’ job was to help… — Charles Graeber Copy Share Image
I catch myself thinking 'Thank God For This' out of habit, and then I understand what he's so concerned about. What if… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“We are all made from the same seeds. It makes sense to say that compassion, love sunshine, water and nourishing seeds will… — Sadiqua Hamdan Copy Share Image
“Buddhism is not a belief system. It’s not about accepting certain tenets or believing a set of claims or principles. In fact,… — Steve Hagen Copy Share Image
“I often think about the world’s religions and ethnicities. It seems to me that God, or the Universe, has wondrously created each… — James Van Praagh Copy Share Image
Let us remember that every worldview-not just Christianity's-must give an explanation or an answer for evil and suffering...this is not just a… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
Culture gives us each a sense that life has meaning and that we have value - by offering us assurances of immortality.… — Sheldon Solomon Copy Share Image
The greatest force in the human body is the natural drive of the body to heal itself - but that force in… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
The less depth a belief system has, the greater the fervency with which its adherents embrace it. The most vociferous, the most… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The Hierophant becomes a touchstone for many, either representing an artificial belief system (like religion or a work ethic) that we follow… — Rob Parnell Copy Share Image
“Referring to obesity as a “form of malnutrition” comes with no moral judgments attached, no belief system, no veiled insinuations of gluttony… — Gary Taubes Copy Share Image
“You cannot work science around a predetermined belief system; you can only work (or rework) a belief system around science, current knowledge,… — Jim Whitefield Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly,… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“On Monday morning, I rode the elevator up nine stories while fantasizing about a Marxist uprising where temps took control of the… — Steven Barker Copy Share Image
You can choose to be courageous enough to explore and examine the new understanding, and , it it aligns with your inner… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I've got this theory that human beings are innately religious; we have a belief system. It doesn't have to be a theist… — Tana French Copy Share Image
People have been willing to accept that the government is lying to us, but they are now more willing to accept the… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
In my experience ideology is a lot like religion; it's a belief system and most people cling to it long after it… — Maureen F. McHugh Copy Share Image
In a society in which individualism is becoming rampant, people more and more believe that they are the center of the world.… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
My family was inherently conservative in their values, in their belief system and how they conducted themselves from a fiscal and financial… — Leslyn Lewis Copy Share Image
“The ego fiercely protects its view of the world, and we’ve all experienced how wispy and fleeting any experience can be when… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Every adversity in your life is presented as a response to your previously unresolved fears. This perfect system allows these subconscious undercurrents… — Melanie Tonia Evan Copy Share Image
Social change really cannot happen unless people are willing to take a risk, and they were. And I was so moved by… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
The population suffers from a fear of change, for their conditioning assumes a static identity, and challenging ones belief system, usually results… — Peter Joseph Copy Share Image
Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
... circles of trust ... are a rare form of community - one that supports rather than supplants the individual quest for… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
I did a scary movie called Venom about a year ago and my character was supposed to be a voodoo priestess daughter.… — Meagan Good Copy Share Image
The only way to store information is by agreement. The belief system is like a Book of Law that rules our mind.… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
The thing that concerns me more than anything is when anybody becomes closed off and exclusive of other people's ideas. All of… — Andrew B. Newberg Copy Share Image
The degree of confirmation assigned to any given hypothesis is sensitive to properties of the entire belief system... simplicity, plausibility, and conservatism… — Jerry Fodor Copy Share Image
