There are a host of ethnic minorities in China, but they often have a weak sense of identity and are relatively small… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
There was a belief after World War I that painting could be an act of civil revolt. I want this exhibition, 'New… — Richard Phillips Copy Share Image
The sharp experiences of belief in the supposititious life of matter, as well as our disappointments and ceaseless woes, turn us like… — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
“Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“But faith is not belief in the history of Christ, as the godless think, but belief in the purpose of Christ’s incarnation,… — Philip Melanchthon Copy Share Image
Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we… — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
The laughter that happens when people are truth-telling and showing up and being real - I call that "knowing laughter." That's what… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I come from the belief that all good films find their time whether it's on opening week or sometime later. That's certainly… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which have got… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Sometimes people's spiritual ideas become fixed and they use them against those who don't share their beliefs - in effect, becoming fundamentalist.… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
My strong belief - in being in blogging before Twitter - is that in trying to create more information out there, in… — Evan Williams Copy Share Image
As Stephen Jay Gould pointed out in Time, in no other Western country is the teaching of Evolution regarded as controversial. Throughout… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
“The Reich Chancellor undoubtedly lives in belief in God. He recognises Christianity as the builder of Western culture. { Comments by Archbishop… — Michael von Faulhaber Copy Share Image
“You have to believe that your voice can mean something. You have to believe that what you do matters. And you have… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The people of Africa have learned the lessons of patience and endurance in their long struggle for freedom. In a cynical world… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In 1984, I gave a speech at Notre Dame titled 'Religious Belief and Public Morality.' I said that Catholic legislators will live… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
With a woman, a man always wants to let himself go. And it is precisely with a woman that he should never… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I hope it will not be irreverent in me to say, that if it be probable that God would reveal his will… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Again and again as president, Reagan let it slip that he concurred with fundamentalists' belief that the world would end in a… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Memories shift like loose snow in a wind, or are a chorale of ghosts all talking over one another. There is only… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
It is ... a sign of the times-though our brothers of physics and chemistry may smile to hear me say so-that biology… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
Remind yourself regularly that you are better than you think you are. Successful people are not superhuman. Success does not require a… — David J. Schwartz Copy Share Image
We usually look outside ourselves for heroes and teachers. It has not occurred to most people that they may already be the… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
The world's theology is easy to define. It is the view that human beings are basically good, that no one is really… — James Montgomery Boice Copy Share Image
Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and justifying their belief on an… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The psychological dangers through which earlier generations were guided by the symbols and spiritual exercises of their mythological and religious inheritance, we… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
There are many countries where you can only believe more or you can believe less. But in the United States we have… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
Islam's basic principles of belief, worship, morality, and behavior are not affected by changing times. Islam does not propose a certain unchangeable… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
If a sect does officially insist that its structure of belief demands that evolution be false, then no compromise is possible. An… — George Gaylord Simpson Copy Share Image
I--though heart might find relief Did I become a Christian man and choose for my belief What seems most welcome in the… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
We declare our belief in Jesus Christ and accept Him as our Savior. He will bless us and guide us in all… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
When liberal whites fail to understand how they can and/or do embody white supremacist values and beliefs even though they may not… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If you're wealthy like Donald Trump is, and you have a preacher who says your wealth is a sign God approves of… — Tom Gjelten Copy Share Image
Belief in God is almost universal and the effect of this belief is so vast that one is appalled at the thought… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
One of the myths propagated by the enemies of Israel is that there is an all-powerful Zionist conspiracy. That is a false… — George Soros Copy Share Image
You have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue. When there is divergence… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image