We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
If you vent anger with the object of spreading your toxic feelings, the result will have nothing to do with healing. Your… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
There ought not be two histories, one of political and moral action and one of political and moral theorizing, because there were… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A great man, who was convinced that the truths of political and moral science are capable of the same certainty as those… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
We were greeted by the minister whose inclusive, non-judgemental smile was no more than a whisker away from a smirk. Have I… — Jenny Diski Copy Share Image
By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell - and hell heaven.… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I really am a Humanist. I describe myself as a rigorous agnostic, which means that you cannot declare as… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Faith in God is; I believe therefore I see. Not the other way around. Seeing before believing. For we walk by faith… — Geraldine Vermaak Copy Share Image
... the greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
...our life crises tell us that we need to break free of beliefs that no longer serve our personal development. These points… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
Before you disagree make sure you understand. In other words, we must make sure that we can describe another's theological position as… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
Human life has no meaning independent of itself. There is no cosmic force or deity to give it meaning or significance. There… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Any belief system that is based on fear, encourages weakness, sanctions intolerance threatens vengeance, promotes passivity and requires you to relinquish your… — Walt F. J. Goodridge Copy Share Image
The belief in the '70s was that music was changing the world. I never believed that it had that great an effect.… — Randy Newman Copy Share Image
If I had been born in Germany with family of Nazis and if I had been raised with those beliefs, there was… — Krishna Das Copy Share Image
One of the great threats to our national security is social cohesion. If people no longer believe that you can start out… — Joel Klein Copy Share Image
If this understanding of the good news of Jesus prevailed among Christians, the belief that Jesus’s message is about how to get… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
What we believe, endorse, agree with, and depend on is representable and, increasingly, represented on the Web. We all have to ensure… — Tim Berners-Lee Copy Share Image
I have a deep-down belief that there are folks in the world who are good through and through, and others who came… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
The Alchemists’ beliefs are my beliefs,” I say quickly. She arched an eyebrow. “Are they? I would hope your beliefs would be… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Should a conflict arise between the witness of the Holy Spirit to the fundamental truth of the Christian faith and beliefs based… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
“My desire and wish is that the things I start with should be so obvious that you wonder why I spend my… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
To sustain the belief that there is no God, atheism has to demonstrate infinite knowledge, which is tantamount to saying, “I have… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
“Against a powerful enchantress there is no contest. Against a woman who ensnares a man in the coils of her serpentine intelligence… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
Нe [Kurt Vonnegut] felt that life was largely a crap shoot and that we simply need to muddle on as best we… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
Life can only be understood backwards but you have to live it forward. You can only do that by stepping into uncertainty… — Charles Handy Copy Share Image
As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put… — Andrew Gross Copy Share Image
We cannot find Him unless we know we need Him. We forget this need when we take a self-sufficient pleasure in our… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The point is that religion puts a value on irrationality, which makes it the perfect tool for promoting irrational beliefs like misogyny.… — Amanda Marcotte Copy Share Image
“[M]y religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is my belief that one of the most exciting things about the World Wide Web is that they allow minds, as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Religion is faith. Faith is belief without evidence. Belief without evidence cannot be shared. Faith is a feeling. Love is also a… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
My belief has come about in large measure because of the lives and examples of people I have known - not the… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
Affirm: I now willingly release all negative beliefs about myself, my life and all other people. I now forgive myself for thinking… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
The disasteris not the money, although the money will be missed. The disaster is the disrespect--this belief that the arts are dispensable,… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
We believe that the possibility of the future far exceeds the accomplishment of the past. We review the past with the common… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Belief is desecrated when given to unproved and unquestioned statements for the solace and private pleasure of the believer . . .… — William James Copy Share Image
The a priori method is distinguished for its comfortable conclusions. It is the nature of the process to adopt whatever belief weare… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
Unlike the rationalism of the French Revolution, true liberalism has no quarrel with religion, and I can only deplore the militant and… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
![“Нe [Kurt Vonnegut] felt that life was largely a crap shoot and that we simply need to muddle on as best we can, being as kind and loving to one another as possible, right now. It's a pretty good philosophy, no matter what one's religious beliefs or lack of them.” quote by Michael Dirda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ab/michael-dirda-3414_belief_e-kurt-vonnegut-felt-that-life-was-large_1672725.png)
![“[M]y religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/anonymous-1_belief_m-y-religious-belief-teaches-me-to-feel_2349342.jpg)
