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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call… — Michael Polanyi 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
The key to success in any kind of start up is your level of persistence. It's not so much your intellect. The… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
In one of my songs, in the song on the "Why?" remix that I did with Jadakiss in 2004, I said, "Why… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
The aim of dis-incumbence is a hubristic one, for it requires confidence in the ability of men and women to live in… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
I love the horror genre for how cinematic it is. I gravitated, I think, initially, toward the horror genre because, of all… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
The main problem, certainly, for the people who will not get vaccinated with Thimerosal, which was put into polio vaccine. And the… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
Many people and governments share the mistaken belief that science, with new, ingenious devices and techniques, can rescue us from the troubles… — Henry W. Kendall Copy Share Image
I don't think being the only child of a single parent helped. I was always a little unsteady in my self-belief. Then… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
The heart of the liberal philosophy is a belief in the dignity of the individual, in his freedom to make the most… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The religions that fascinate me and, you know, could possibly tempt me are not the ones that involve faith or belief. They're… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs. So how do we change? The most effective way is to get your… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
The man who is unhappy will, as a rule, adopt an unhappy creed, while the man who is happy will adopt a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
And one cold starry night / Whatever your belief / The phoenix will take flight / Over the seas of grief /… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
In the First Amendment to the Constitution, the Founders made it clear that this was not to be a sky-god nation with… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
If ideas and beliefs are to be denied validity outside the geographical and cultural bounds of their origin, Buddhism would be confined… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Men are free when they are obeying some deep, inward voice of religious belief. Obeying from within. Men are free when they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If God causes man to be sick, sickness must be good, and its opposite, health, must be evil, for all that He… — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
My point is, however, that churches do promote beliefs that would more appropriately find a place in a context of intellectual debate.… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
“Faith is trust, hope and belief in the goodness, trustworthiness or reliability of a person, concept or entity. This means looking past… — G.L. Twynham Copy Share Image
I was born and trained to communicate music, just as the sons were born and trained to hunt, and I was lucky… — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
“We’ have to bring an end to circumstances. We have become trapped in circumstances, so somehow or the other we have to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Unlike liberalism, with its fundamental belief in the long-range power of ideas, conservatism is bound by the stock of ideas inherited at… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The Gospel is a declaration of something totally finished apart from our agreement or vote. Inside that declaration is an ongoing and… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
At the heart of my politics has always been the value of community, the belief that we are not merely individuals struggling… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
To be worth making at all a journey has to be made in the mind as much as in the world of… — Ted Simon Copy Share Image
“On the other side, Church spokesmen could scarcely become enthusiastic about Planck's deism, which omitted all reference to established religions and had… — J.L. Heilbron Copy Share Image
