--- title: "16 Belief Wrong Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 16 Belief Wrong quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Belief Wrong sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/tasneem-hameed-1067_belief_a-strong-belief-cannot-go-side-by-side-w_1946884.jpg" --- > [A strong belief cannot go side by side with a wrong purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tasneem-hameed/a-strong-belief-cannot-go-side-by-side-with-a-wrong-purpose/) [Tasneem Hameed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tasneem-hameed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/tasneem-hameed-1067_belief_a-strong-belief-cannot-go-side-by-side-w_1946884.jpg) > [“Bigotry consists in a man being convinced that another man must be wrong in everything, because he is wrong in a particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-keith-chesterton/bigotry-consists-in-a-man-being-convinced-that-another-man-must-be/) [Gilbert Keith Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-keith-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/gilbert-keith-chesterton-42834_another-man_bigotry-consists-in-a-man-being-convince_1530750.jpg) > [“The whole world is immersed in ‘wrong belief’. Even though ‘belief’ is wrong, one truly believes it is his own, doesn't he?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/the-whole-world-is-immersed-in-wrong-belief-even-though-belief-is/) [Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/dada-bhagwan-31_belief_the-whole-world-is-immersed-in-wrong-bel_1545533.jpg) > [“After deciding ‘Who am I?’ can one say ‘this is not mine’. A mistaken belief of ‘I’ (in the wrong place) has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/after-deciding-who-am-i-can-one-say-this-is-not-mine-a-mistaken/) [Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/254/dada-bhagwan-31_failure_after-deciding-who-am-i-can-one-say-this_1839391.jpg) > [“That's what frustrates me the most. Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the wrong things. You want meaning? Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn-david-levithan-2/that-s-what-frustrates-me-the-most-not-the-lack-of-belief-but-the/) [Rachel Cohn & David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn-david-levithan-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/rachel-cohn-david-levithan-2-6_damn-good_that-s-what-frustrates-me-the-most-not-t_1919837.jpg) > [“We believe in the wrong things. That's what frustrates me the most. Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/we-believe-in-the-wrong-things-that-s-what-frustrates-me-the-most-not-3/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/rachel-cohn-1244_faith_we-believe-in-the-wrong-things-that-s-wh_1784488.png) > [“We believe in the wrong things, that's what frustrates me the most. Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-believe-in-the-wrong-things-that-s-what-frustrates-me-the-most-not-4/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/anonymous-1_belief_we-believe-in-the-wrong-things-that-s-wh_2514864.jpg) > [There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've had an innate belief that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halle-berry/there-have-been-so-many-people-who-have-said-to-me-you-can-t-do-that/) [Halle Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halle-berry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a75/halle-berry-2312_approach_there-have-been-so-many-people-who-have_3089574.jpg) > [“To believe that happiness lies in temporary things and to not understand Your own permanent happiness, is a wrong belief, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/to-believe-that-happiness-lies-in-temporary-things-and-to-not/) [Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/dada-bhagwan-31_belief_to-believe-that-happiness-lies-in-tempor_2210258.jpg) > [“Suppose an individual believes something with his whole heart; suppose further that he has taken irrevocable actions because of it. Finally suppose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooke-gladstone/suppose-an-individual-believes-something-with-his-whole-heart-suppose/) [Brooke Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brooke-gladstone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7d/brooke-gladstone-35813_belief_suppose-an-individual-believes-something_2406757.jpg) > [“The Duke would not pay for the works. He says that the Castle can never be taken. That is called hubris, Giacomo,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-peter-grey/the-duke-would-not-pay-for-the-works-he-says-that-the-castle-can/) [Christopher Peter Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-peter-grey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/christopher-peter-grey-111790_errors_the-duke-would-not-pay-for-the-works-he_1395871.jpg) > [When people try to use religion to address the natural world, science pushes back on it, and religion has to accommodate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-randall/when-people-try-to-use-religion-to-address-the-natural-world-science/) [Lisa Randall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-randall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/lisa-randall-7318_accommodate_when-people-try-to-use-religion-to-addre_1390719.jpg) > [“Like most of Salinger's characters, she wouldn't be such a fuckup, you felt, if these fucked-up things didn't keep happening to her.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/like-most-of-salinger-s-characters-she-wouldn-t-be-such-a-fuckup-you/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/david-levithan-67_damn-good_like-most-of-salinger-s-characters-she-w_2993176.jpg) > [I am confident that those who believe in belief are wrong. That is, we no more need to preserve the myth of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/i-am-confident-that-those-who-believe-in-belief-are-wrong-that-is-we/) [Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66a/daniel-dennett-3895_belief_i-am-confident-that-those-who-believe-in_959047.jpg) > [“We believe in the wrong things. That's what frustrates me the most. Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/we-believe-in-the-wrong-things-that-s-what-frustrates-me-the-most-not-2/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a86/rachel-cohn-1244_ask-yourself_we-believe-in-the-wrong-things-that-s-wh_1674014.jpg) > [“We believe in the wrong things. That's what frustrates me the most . Not the lack of belief, but the belief in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/we-believe-in-the-wrong-things-that-s-what-frustrates-me-the-most-not/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e0/rachel-cohn-1244_damn-good_we-believe-in-the-wrong-things-that-s-wh_1635935.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief-wrong/#itemlist", "name": "Belief Wrong Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A strong belief cannot go side by side with a wrong purpose.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tasneem Hameed" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tasneem-hameed/a-strong-belief-cannot-go-side-by-side-with-a-wrong-purpose/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/tasneem-hameed-1067_belief_a-strong-belief-cannot-go-side-by-side-w_1946884.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/tasneem-hameed-1067_belief_a-strong-belief-cannot-go-side-by-side-w_1946884.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/tasneem-hameed-1067_belief_a-strong-belief-cannot-go-side-by-side-w_1946884.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A strong belief cannot go side by side with a wrong purpose.” — Tasneem Hameed", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Bigotry consists in a man being convinced that another man must be wrong in everything, because he is wrong in a particular belief; that he must be wrong, even in thinking that he honestly believes he is right.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gilbert Keith Chesterton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-keith-chesterton/bigotry-consists-in-a-man-being-convinced-that-another-man-must-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/gilbert-keith-chesterton-42834_another-man_bigotry-consists-in-a-man-being-convince_1530750.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/gilbert-keith-chesterton-42834_another-man_bigotry-consists-in-a-man-being-convince_1530750.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/gilbert-keith-chesterton-42834_another-man_bigotry-consists-in-a-man-being-convince_1530750.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Bigotry consists in a man being convinced that another man must be wrong in everything, because he is wrong…” — Gilbert Keith Chesterton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The whole world is immersed in ‘wrong belief’. 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He says that the Castle can never be taken. That is called hubris, Giacomo, the belief that you are never wrong. Believing you are never wrong is an error that afflicts great men. I have learned that to be right you must first be wrong many times. 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That is called hubris…” — Christopher Peter Grey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When people try to use religion to address the natural world, science pushes back on it, and religion has to accommodate the results. Beliefs can be permanent, but beliefs can also be flexible. Personally, if I find out my belief is wrong, I change my mind. I think that's a good way to live.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lisa Randall" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-randall/when-people-try-to-use-religion-to-address-the-natural-world-science/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/lisa-randall-7318_accommodate_when-people-try-to-use-religion-to-addre_1390719.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/lisa-randall-7318_accommodate_when-people-try-to-use-religion-to-addre_1390719.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/lisa-randall-7318_accommodate_when-people-try-to-use-religion-to-addre_1390719.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When people try to use religion to address the natural world, science pushes back on it, and religion has to…” — Lisa Randall", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Like most of Salinger's characters, she wouldn't be such a fuckup, you felt, if these fucked-up things didn't keep happening to her. ... We believe in the wrong things, I wrote, using the same pen Boomer had used on his arm. That's what frustrates me the most. Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the wrong things. You want meaning? Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at reading them wrong.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Levithan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/like-most-of-salinger-s-characters-she-wouldn-t-be-such-a-fuckup-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/david-levithan-67_damn-good_like-most-of-salinger-s-characters-she-w_2993176.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/david-levithan-67_damn-good_like-most-of-salinger-s-characters-she-w_2993176.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/david-levithan-67_damn-good_like-most-of-salinger-s-characters-she-w_2993176.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Like most of Salinger's characters, she wouldn't be such a fuckup, you felt, if these fucked-up things…” — David Levithan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am confident that those who believe in belief are wrong. That is, we no more need to preserve the myth of God in order to preserve a just and stable society than we needed to cling to the Gold Standard to keep our currency sound. It was a useful crutch, but we've outgrown it. Denmark, according to a recent study, is the sanest, healthiest, happiest, most crime-free nation in the world, and by and large the Danes simply ignore the God issue. 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That is, we no more need to preserve the myth of…” — Daniel Dennett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We believe in the wrong things. That's what frustrates me the most. Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the wrong things. You want meaning? Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at reading them wrong. I don't think meaning is something that can be explained. You have to understand it on your own. It's like when you're starting to read. First, you learn the letters. Then, once you know what sounds the letters make, you use them to sound out words. You know that c-a-t leads to cat and d-o-g leads to dog. But then you have to make that extra leap, to understand that the word, the sound, the \"cat\" is connected to an actual cat , and that \"dog\" is connected to an actual dog. It's that leap, that understanding, that leads to meaning. And a lot of the time in life, we're still just sounding things out. We know the sentences and how to say them. We know the ideas and how to present them. We know the prayers and which words to say in what order. But that's only spelling\" It's much harder to lie to someone's face. But. It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face. The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consist in nothing more than in the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star. (Logan Pearsall Smith) Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around. (J.R. Moehringer) You could be standing a few feet away...I could have sat next to you on the subway, or brushed beside you as we went through the turnstiles. But whether or not you are here, you are here- because these words are for you, and they wouldn't exist is you weren't here in some way. At last I had it--the Christmas present I'd wanted all along, but hadn't realized. His words. The dream was obviously a sign: he was too enticing to resist. Wow. You must have a lot of faith in me. Which I appreciate. Even if I'm not sure I share it. I could do this on my own, and not freak out that I had no idea what waited for me on the other side of this night. Hope and belief. I'd always wanted hope, but never believed that I could have such an adventure on my own. That I could own it. And love it. But it happened. Because I'm So uncool and so afraid. If there was a clue, that meant the mystery was still intact I fear you may have outmatched me, because not I find these words have nowhere to go. It's hard to answer a question you haven't been asked. It's hard to show that you tried unless you end up succeeding. This was not a haystack. We were people, and people had ways of finding eachother. It was one of those moments when you feel the future so much that is humbles the present. Don't worry. It's your embarrassment at not having the thought that counts. You think fairy tales are only for girls? Here's ahint- ask yourself who wrote them. I assure you, it wasn't just the women. It's the great male fantasy- all it takes is one dance to know that she's the one. All it takes is the sound of her song from the tower, or a look at her sleeping face. And right away you know--this is the girl in your head, sleeping or dancing or singing in front of you. Yes, girls want their princes, but boys want their princesses just as much. And they don't want a very long courtship. They want to know immediately. Be careful what you;re doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be. 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