The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Deportation is a decision taken by the home secretary under statute, The new grounds will include fostering hatred, advocating violence to further… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
It is not the young man who should be considered fortunate but the old man who has lived well, because the young… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
“ China Whales follow the whale-roads. Geese, roads of magnetized air. To go great distance, exactitudes matter. Yet how often the heart… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
It is probably true that almost all atheists stand for the values of reason and freethought. I will attempt to put these… — Richard Carrier Copy Share Image
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“It’s not a matter of belief. It’s a matter of knowledge. I have knowledge beyond a reasonable doubt that there is no… — Peter Boghossian Copy Share Image
Do not flinch from experiences that might destroy your beliefs. The thought you cannot think controls you more than thoughts you speak… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
I steal into their dreams," he said. "I steal into their most shameful thoughts, I'm in every shiver, every spasm of their… — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
The suspicion is in the air nowadays that the superiority of one of our formulas to another may not consist so much… — William James Copy Share Image
“I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. I’m free to choose that something. That something—the something… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Once you have started seeing the beauty of life, ugliness starts disappearing. If you start looking at life with joy, sadness starts… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
There have been candidates who've been right on trade but wrong on the other two, right on war but wrong on the… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“1. Myth: Without God, life has no meaning. There are 1.2 billion Chinese who have no predominant religion, and 1 billion people… — Matt McCormick Copy Share Image
“Whether you say that a god does exist, or that none do, it is a claim to know (or at least believe… — Lewis N. Roe Copy Share Image
Our beliefs are rooted deep in our earth, no matter what you have done to it and how much of it you… — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share Image
[Americans] think that choice, as seen through the American lens, best fulfills an innate and universal desire for choice in all humans.… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
Mistaken regard for what are believed to be divine laws and a sentimental belief in the sanctity of human life tend to… — Madison Grant Copy Share Image
It is becoming plain that our liberal regime of equality and personal freedom depends, more than most theorists of liberalism have been… — Mary Ann Glendon Copy Share Image
“When I think of the years when I had no faith, what I am struck by, first of all, is how little… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
...as I reject the old time beliefs, it is not a matter of countering belief with belief, rather I can challenge the… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
Love is the essence of all religion, mysticism, and philosophy, and for the one who has learned this, love fulfills the purpose… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the greatest thing we can ask ourselves is “Why not me?” Anyone who has ever accomplished anything worth while has either… — Jason Versey Copy Share Image
Whether they really believe in their brave new world, however, is ultimately beside the point. They're building it. And in the friction-free… — Mark Slouka Copy Share Image
Everybody complains about pork, but members of Congress keep spending because voters do not throw them out of office for doing so.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Dissections daily convince us of our ignorance of the seats of diseases, and cause us to blush at our prescriptions. How often… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
When you look at belief in such things - as do you go to heaven, is there a devil - we have… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Self-actualized people...live more in the real world of nature than in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
Satanism encourages its followers to indulge in their natural desires. Only by doing so can you be a completely satisfied person with… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
The death of God represents not only the realization that gods have never existed, but the contention that such a belief is… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
The degree of confirmation assigned to any given hypothesis is sensitive to properties of the entire belief system... simplicity, plausibility, and conservatism… — Jerry Fodor Copy Share Image
The perception of the West as mostly a "knight of democracy" has been replaced with the disappointed belief that pragmatism, often cynical… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
The America I do want to live in, is seeing how people respond to the victims of Hurricane Harvey. People of all… — Anquan Boldin Copy Share Image
“Whose fault is it? The one who is suffering. Which fault? The belief that ‘I am Chandulal’, verily is your mistake. It… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
There is the general belief that the corporation income tax is a tax on the "rich" and on the "fat cats." But… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I found that I could find the energy ... that I could find the determination to keep on going. I learned that… — Jon David Erickson Copy Share Image
Delight in smooth sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts ... genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always believed in God. I also think that's the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
You will stumble at time, forget what you want, fall headfirst into your old habits and beliefs. Fear not! Always remember to… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
“My son used to believe that he could look at a plane in flight and make it explode in midair by simply… — Don Delillo Copy Share Image