I cling to the optimistic belief that the haphazard and the hopscotch, the creature that sips among many flowers, may actually come… — Brad Leithauser Copy Share Image
Belief needs something terrible to make it work, I find--blood, nails, a bit of anguish. — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to a better world, I am moved to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we want to believe something so badly that we allow ourselves to be taken advantage of.” — Aaron B. Powell Copy Share Image
No person whose entire time is spent in the contemplation of limitation can demonstrate freedom from such limitation. — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
God sometimes delays his help to test our faith and energize our prayers. Our boat may be tossed by the waves while… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
“ALL that man has touched, will be used... For both Good and evil. Such is the way of the world.” — Raymond D. Longoria Jr Copy Share Image
The correctness of much testimonially based belief is no more than minimally creditable to the believer. — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Beer drinkers have been duped by mass marketing into the belief that it makes sense to drink only one brand of beer.… — Stephen Beaumont Copy Share Image
There is a geographical element in all belief-saying what seem profound truths in India have a way of seeming enormous platitudes in… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
It reminded us that propaganda in some form or other lurks in every book, that every work of art has a meaning… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Serving” is assisting your fellow man, the how-to, practical way to thrust your life into the spiritual wall to make the tunnel bigger.… — Tom Hillman Copy Share Image
Because morality is a social necessity, the moment faith in god is banished, man's gaze turns from god to man and he… — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image
We Gonna Win' is a song of triumph, It represents my personal belief that with hard work, talent and dedication, everything is… — Miri Ben-Ari Copy Share Image
A true proposition is a proposition belief which would never lead to such disappointment so long as the proposition is not understood… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
History seems not so much a record of past events, more a catalogue of preferred beliefs expounded by people who have a… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
I don't know what I believe. I think there's a belief system, I'm just not sure what it is. — Tom Brady Copy Share Image
I surrendered my beliefs and found myself at the tree of life injecting my story into the veins of leaves only to… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
There are certain scenes that would awe an atheist into belief without the help of any other argument. — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
To sustain your belief through situations that completely undermine it is quite something. — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
Light to me is perhaps the most profound truth in the universe. My thinking has been deeply affected by the belief everything… — Wynn Bullock Copy Share Image
“Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
When you understand how the mind-brain functions together, you know that faith, which is believing before seeing, is the natural process of… — Robert Anthony Copy Share Image
In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to… — Linda Chavez Copy Share Image
Progressivism is the belief that we have too much freedom with which to make too many stupid choices. — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
I think conservatives should be confident in our beliefs and go push them everywhere we can and go to non-traditional communities. It's… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Cynicism was a school in Greece - the Cynics. Diogenes is a famous Cynic. There was a strong belief in nihilism and… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
Either philosophy reinforces communal beliefs, in which case it is pointless; or else it is at odds with those beliefs, in which… — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Clinging uncritically to traditional ideas and beliefs often serves to obscure or deny real facts of our life history. — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
I think it’s better to have ideas. You can change an idea; changing a belief is trickier. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Dreams are made for believers; believers are made for dreams, but I'm made for you, and that's reality — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
“Life without Gratitude, is like trying to drown your sorrows by teaching them to swim.” — Raymond D. Longoria Jr Copy Share Image
The incredible list of supposed horrors that increasing carbon dioxide will bring the world is pure belief disguised as science. — William Happer Copy Share Image
