When I see two owls and then two more owls and conclude that I see four owls, I am responding to reasons,… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
God has the final say. When he says Yes or No; no man can stand against it. Let Him fight your battles… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One downside of being an optimist is that optimistic people tend to forget yesterday's trauma in the belief that everything will turn… — Amy Dickinson Copy Share Image
“This is not a book about whether one can be good without God, because that question does not need to be answered… — Greg Epstein Copy Share Image
“If I believe my ability is small, then my efforts will be shallow and my push weak. If I think I am… — Stella Payton Copy Share Image
“Fear is like the Devil, both grudgingly reveal their ultimately futile ability to halt our Spiritual Growth, and keep us from our… — Raymond D. Longoria Jr Copy Share Image
My mother was convinced, and on this head I have retained her firm belief, that to kill animals for the purpose of… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
My belief is that there will be very large numbers of Internet-enabled devices on the Net - home appliances, office equipment, things… — Vinton Cerf Copy Share Image
The recurring theme of all religions is a sympathy, empathy, connection, capacity between the human and the divine - that we were… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Anyone is capable of anything (will plus belief is ability) if they themselves create the opportune moment and incentive. Heaven gives no… — Austin Osman Spare Copy Share Image
“What is love? Love is trust. The belief that someone will not leave me for the world,will be there beside me in… — Sachin Garg Copy Share Image
“There are powers far beyond us, plans far beyond what we could have ever thought of, visions far more vast than what… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Those of us who write and study history are accustomed to its approximations and ambiguities. This is why we do not take… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Religious people know deep down that that is the most vulnerable area of their lives, and when others question it, they are… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I speak "with absolute certainty" only so far as my own personal belief is concerned. Those who have not the same warrant… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
“With theology as a code of dogmas which are to be believed, or at any rate repeated, under penalty of present or… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
We in the United States are pluralistic respecting ultimate beliefs. Profound values exist apart from a devotion to a god. Indeed, those… — Norman Dorsen Copy Share Image
The universe is wired with the electricity of God, & each of us is a lamp. It doesn't matter the size or… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Whenever a man acts purposively, he acts under a belief in some experimental phenomenon. Consequently, the sum of the experimental phenomena that… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
Religion has the same relation to man's heavenly condition that mathematics has to his earthly one: both the one and the other… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
[Concerning monotheistic religions] The only thing these hysterical cults have in common is the belief that this world will be consumed, and… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There is no heaven and there is no hell. They are not geographical, they are part of your psychology. They are psychological.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
That it does not matter what a man believes is a statement heard on every side today. ... What he believes tells… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
Belief in heaven and hell is a big deal in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and some forms of doctrinaire Buddhism. For the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Scientists don't know what they are talking about when they talk about religion. Religion has nothing to do with belief, and I… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“What about you, Snipes?" Dunbar asked. "You think there to be mountain lions up here or is it just folks' imaginings?" Snipes… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
The Young Women's Christian Association is nourished by its roots in Christianity and, at the same time, over the years, it's been… — Patricia Ireland Copy Share Image
As you consider selecting songs for your worship services, consider them in light of the truth of the gospel. Imagine the songs… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
To begin with, our knowledge grows in spots. The spots may be large or small, but the knowledge ever grows all over...… — William James Copy Share Image
“If you could truly believe, we should realise the virtue of it. We are not free to believe . . . . … — Austin Osman, Spare Copy Share Image
Most of the Michelle Bachmanns and Mitt Romneys who say such terrible things about us actually is a positive force, because it… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who… — William Lyon Phelps Copy Share Image
I argue is that philosophers have had a tendency to present a kind of mystical view of the powers of reflection. Unreflective… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
The theory of politics that emerges from the political literature of the pre-Revolutionary years rests on the belief that what lay behind… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
The Old Religion, as we call it, is closer in spirit to Native American traditions or to shamanism of the Arctic. It… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity,… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown. I am greatly supported in this view… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
I wanted to be as close as I could to the Really Real, and I'll capitalize both of those R's, because God… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
In the past I faced assassination attempts. I faced harassment, intimidation and prison due to my bold stand on this issue. But… — Shahbaz Bhatti Copy Share Image
Part of what being a great founder is, is being both able to hold the belief, to think about where it is… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image