Participation in the dance was entirely voluntary, a mental vow to worship the Mystery in this manner being expressed by a man… — Edward S. Curtis Copy Share Image
Knowing that we'd meet Ruby at the point where she stopped believing, I knew I was also going to have to deal… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
Doubts about faith naturally happen when tragedies shred out faith. But that is what's so special about belief in Jesus and the… — Innah Delos Angeles Copy Share Image
The opposite of addiction is human connection. And I think that has massive implications for the war on drugs. The treatment of… — Johann Hari Copy Share Image
I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I already optioned a book called The Personal History of Rachel DuPree. I also like The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill.… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue; and then, when we are… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe… — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
“To point out nonepistemic motives in another’s view of the world, therefore, is always a criticism, as it serves to cast doubt… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
One thing that I don't like about us as a people is that, when we don't have the same view as somebody,… — Brandon Marshall Copy Share Image
I realize anew that, just as we must learn to obey God one choice at a time, we must also learn to… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Christianity is not a "spiritual" religion, like some religions of the east. It is an intensely "practical" religion, having its moral roots… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. But this is a… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
My health is 100% more important than coming back to wrestling. Being a good father is more important than going out there… — Daniel Bryan Copy Share Image
One goes on with the blithe belief that who you really are is transparent to everybody. Then you realise, with some horror,… — Rosamund Pike Copy Share Image
“Many ask what difference does it make whether man believes in a God or not. It makes a big difference. It makes… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
If you have a belief and you come against an experience which the belief says is not possible, or, the experience is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and… — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Error is a supposition that pleasure and pain, that intelligence, substance, life, are existent in matter. Error is neither Mind nor one… — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
I see myself as a man who is searching for meaning in life. This is rather different from being a staunch believer… — Aharon Appelfeld Copy Share Image
I have a friend — or had a friend, now dead — Abdus Salam, a very devout Muslim, who was trying to… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others,… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Dwellers by the sea cannot fail to be impressed by the sight of its ceaseless ebb and flow, and are apt, on… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
I have a very genuine care for individuals; I have a very genuine sense of the power of individuals to make a… — Gail Kelly Copy Share Image
“Jasmine had endured enough parochial schooling before middle school to have a residual attachment to the beautiful parts of believing, the certainty… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“It's so important to identify beliefs. Because once you identify [a negative belief], once you bring it into the light, you will… — Bashar Copy Share Image
There are a large number of people who can and do manage to lead decent upright lives with no use for a… — Gordon Stein Copy Share Image
“Words, no matter whether they are vocalized and made into sounds or remain unspoken as thoughts, can cast an almost hypnotic spell… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
In philosophical terms, the opposite of rationalism is not irrationalism but empiricism, that is, a willingness to form beliefs on the basis… — John Quiggin Copy Share Image
"You ought to be ashamed," a woman in an Easter bonnet told Stein. "Your race gave us our religion..." "From ancient polytheism,… — Peter De Vries Copy Share Image
If you practice Yoga for small, selfish reasons, you will remain the same, bound by your beliefs about what you can and… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
“Most people are not looking for provable truths. As you said, truth is often accompanied by intense pain, & almost no one… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at right time, or… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The belief that a personal life exists apart from God creates experience disconnected from God. This is painful and frustrating. Our spiritual… — Michael Beckwith Copy Share Image
When I talk to audiences about the size and age of the cosmos, people often say, "It makes me feel so insignificant."… — Alan Dressler Copy Share Image
This guy [Edward Snowden] was a patriot. He believed very strongly in his beliefs and what he was doing for his country.… — Scott Eastwood Copy Share Image
“In someone else's belief, you are rich and free. In someone else's eyes you are smart, capable and daring. In someone else's… — David Ault Copy Share Image
“When you are going on a spiritual path, as I explain it, you are basically raising your vibration. You then begin to… — Dan Desmarques Copy Share Image