“It would be unfair to say that I prefer the back of a book to its contents, but it is true that… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
“We should be cautiously open to the spiritual and non-rational, and skeptical of the more invisible magical thinking—what we might call “magical… — David Watson Copy Share Image
“[Chemist Michael] Polanyi found one other necessary requirement for full initiation into science: Belief. If science has become the orthodoxy of the… — Richard Rhodes Copy Share Image
I have no respect for the right-to-life position. But when you legislate personal belief, you're in violation of freedom of religion. The… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Citizens are not prepared for attacks because there is a bias against the public by nearly every expert and government official. In… — Amanda Ripley Copy Share Image
If you are content with the old world, try to preserve it, it is very sick and cannot hold out much longer.… — Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy Copy Share Image
It is quite beyond me how anyone can believe God speaks to us in books and stories. If the world does not… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
One of the most obvious uses of literature, I think, is its encouragement of tolerance... Bigots and fanatics seldom have any use… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
There is nothing which Nature so clearly reveals, and upon which science so strongly insists, as the universal reign of law, absolute,… — Joseph LeConte Copy Share Image
Were a man, whom I know to be honest and opulent, and with whom I live in intimate friendship, to come into… — David Hume Copy Share Image
But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
My mother's belief in spiritual healers grew stronger after our family went through a rough patch following my father's death. Sufi saint… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
According to my religious belief, I'm sorry if you feel like I'm pushing this on you - my religious belief is that… — Ralph Sarchie Copy Share Image
What a lot of people don't understand is that when you change your thinking, when you accept different concepts, then life mirrors… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
A basic assumption shapes most Americans’ mindset about labor: the belief that the death of unions isn’t my problem because I’m not… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
To begin with our knowledge grows in spots. ..What you first gain, ... is probably a small amount of new information, a… — William James Copy Share Image
It's core to my beliefs now: Sometimes in being given a challenge, you're actually being given a real opportunity, and a lot… — Lauren Graham Copy Share Image
“Beliefs are big on earth. People collect them. Some of these beliefs are helpful, but others just keep you running around trying… — Annie Kagan Copy Share Image
You have all kinds - you know, you have the rise of extremist groups in the United States. It's just you don't… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
In my 20s, as I began to travel in Europe, I found comfort in religious paintings. Even though my own belief in… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“You know, just because you think bubblegum pop on the radio represents all that is wrong with society, that doesn’t mean there’s… — Hannah Harrington Copy Share Image
I think a trillion dollars of student loans and a massive skills gap are precisely what happens to a society that actively… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
Nobody ever got anything from God on the grounds that he deserved it. Haven fallen, man deserves only punishment and death. So… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens… — Stanley Krippner Copy Share Image
the myth of childhood happiness flourishes so wildly not because it satisfies the needs of children but because it satisfies the needs… — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
“Open your mind to the infinite possibilities that exist for you. Born through your dreams, crystallised into form by your desires, given… — steven redhead Copy Share Image
My belief in Jesus Christ is most important thing in my life. What I do to be able to father correctly is… — Mike MacIntyre Copy Share Image
How funny is it that so many professors labeled Tea Partiers as terrorists, while kissing the asses of real, bona fide terrorists?… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
The fundamental belief of CoreCause is to focus on a preventative rather than recovery stand point. Most of the worlds crises are… — James Haven Copy Share Image
...I am afraid that education is conceived more in terms of indoctrination by most school officials than in terms of enlightenment. My… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
48 frames per second is something you have to get used to. I've got absolute belief and faith in 48 frames... it's… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Pure physical sensation, social status, sexual attraction, and feeling like a winner are generally superficial, which is why people hunger for them… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
In order for us human beings to commit ourselves personally to the inhumanity of war, we find it necessary first to dehumanize… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
...it is absurd to try to confine our knowledge and belief to matters which are conclusively established by sound deductive arguments. The… — J. L. Mackie Copy Share Image
Belief is the natural state of things. It is the default option. We just believe. We believe all sorts of things. Belief… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
I honestly do not know if love vanquishes death as our traditional faiths teach but I do know that our vulnerabilities trump… — Irwin Kula Copy Share Image
I miss my grandmother every day. I miss her vitality, her interest in the lives of others, her courage and determination, her… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
It is my belief that in our mad world where there is so much pain, rivalry, hatred, violence, inequality, and oppression, it… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Absolutists frighten me. During all the endless discussions on my blog about evolution, intelligent design, God, and the afterworld, numbering altogether thousands… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
![“[Chemist Michael] Polanyi found one other necessary requirement for full initiation into science: Belief. If science has become the orthodoxy of the West, individuals are nevertheless still free to take it or leave it, in whole or in part; believers in astrology, Marxism and virgin birth abound…” quote by Richard Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/342/richard-rhodes-18655_belief_chemist-michael-polanyi-found-one-other_2531620.jpg)
