“As an atheist, I see nothing “wrong” in believing in a God. I don’t think there is a God, but belief in… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Nostalgia is also a trait of the organizations that I call lodges - everything from corporate cultures to religious sects. Their bonding… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
The "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
I studied law before I became a filmmaker, and I actually have a great belief in the justice system and the rule… — Nick Broomfield Copy Share Image
“...if vision is restricted to a belief system, or if it is divorced from all belief systems, it ceases to be vision.… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“The twentieth century prided itself on invalidating the metaphysical. Doubts about the afterlife arose even as so-called nonbelievers attempted to locate surrogates… — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Rooted deeply in our Judeo-Christian… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Frankly, most of my friends hold very different political beliefs. It's just a funny thing in this country that supposedly you can't… — Patricia Heaton Copy Share Image
ISIS itself, it draws its central belief system from the Koran and from the writings of the Prophet Muhammad. That is undeniable.… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
If you can do one thing you thought was utterly impossible, it causes you to rethink your beliefs. Life is both subtler… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all.… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
People are not on a truth quest; they are on a happiness quest. They will continue to attend your church - even… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem in as much as I had no fixed ideas derived… — Henry Bessemer Copy Share Image
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The biggest thing in this game - to last - is to have belief in yourself. Because when the owner stops believing… — Ryan Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
The history of all times and nations teaches us that exactly in the naïve, unshakable belief, furnished by religion in active life… — Max Planck Copy Share Image
Because God is reflected in the world in which me made, in some sense, my scientific investigation has always supported my belief… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
I love hearing stories about, you know, people who are overcoming challenges in their life. And when you experience hardships, you can… — Brooke Burns Copy Share Image
Whenever people are certain they understand our peculiar situation here on this planet, it is because they have accepted a religious Faith… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
When we give up dieting, we take back something we were often too young to know we had given away: our own… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
My beliefs are that the truth is a truth until you organize it, and then it becomes a lie. I don't think… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Philosophy can help laymen spot and reject the numerous pseudoscientific beliefs that survive in the media, such as the fantasies of psychoanalysts,… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
William James used to preach the "will-to-believe." For my part, I should wish to preach the "will-to-doubt." None of our beliefs are… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Two things have been bothering me for a long time. The first is the tendency of people in general - and that… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
I have come to an odd belief, which is that we don't make decisions so much as the decisions make us. The… — Andy Dunn Copy Share Image
“Faith is revelation. And in order to receive revelation you have to be open. Belief is about closing yourself off -- a… — Nafisa Haji Copy Share Image
In listening to stories we tend to suspend disbelief in order to be entertained, whereas in evaluating statistics we generally have an… — John Allen Paulos Copy Share Image
I think there is a predisposition among Christians that Hollywood is anti-Jesus or anti-Christianity. I was warned I'd have to fight to… — Clay Aiken Copy Share Image
When I talk of forgiveness I mean the belief that you can come out the other side ... a better person than… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it? It is certainly conceivable that He… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
In certain circumstances where he experiments in new types of conduct by cooperating with his equals, the child is already an adult.… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
I was playing pretty boys and these angelic roles like Nicholas Nickleby and all that stuff. And I was like, 'What am… — Charlie Hunnam Copy Share Image
After I give lectures-on almost any subject-I am often asked, "Do you believe in UFOs?" I'm always struck by how the question… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
If you want to know the one reason that's taking me back, I'll tell you: I cannot bring myself to abandon to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Human beings are compelled to adopt a belief system; some paradigm to provide meaning, purpose, and understanding to our lives. A quick… — Terry Rossio Copy Share Image
I just think that there's so much judgment in the world, whether it's coming from women in general or from men onto… — Hilary Duff Copy Share Image
I never let the thought of failure enter my mind. My knowledge of my unity with the Universal One and the fact… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
“Belief in this or that anthropomorphic i.e. a human-like god is passe. It just is not. "One" is whatsoever is. Seek "it",… — Fakeer Ishavardas Copy Share Image
I will frankly tell you that my experience in prolonged scientific investigations convinces me that a belief in God-a God who is… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
