Common sense dictates that we evaluate our beliefs on the basis of how they affect us. If they make us more loving,… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The church has contributed nothing to civilization. It has progressed somewhat, and it has become a little more decent, in reflection of… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
First, let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered... . Give men your ear,… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
The principal thing is the question of how our culture views age: that old is ugly Just think of Rodin, how he… — John Coplans Copy Share Image
“I believe the difficulty that lies in growth, is the struggle of letting go of all you know to learn about the… — Turcois Ominek Copy Share Image
“Our faith is faith in some one else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. Our belief in… — William James Copy Share Image
It seems to be a general belief that the will of God is to make things distasteful for us, like taking bad-tasting… — Charles L. Allen Copy Share Image
Experience is stronger than belief. Once we have experiences our mind begins to open. This works better than me forcing my own… — Brian Weiss Copy Share Image
The time has come, I think, when we must recognize bisexuality as a normal form of human behavior... we shall not really… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
America's strength lies not in its one-ness, but in its diversity of beliefs and efforts. And it will take all our strength… — Steven Milloy Copy Share Image
Academic Marxists were never going to be convinced that anything that happened in the real world could invalidate their belief system. Utopians… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
“The theory of the relations between states and churches is bound up with the theory of Toleratio, and on that suject the… — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton Copy Share Image
It's not easy to live every moment wholly aware of death. It's like trying to stare the sun in the face: you… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
I've never been difficult to anybody or with anybody on a picture. Especially when you're in that nice status of hierarchy of… — James Caan Copy Share Image
Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was written. One… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
The challenge is right now, I call it the death of critical thinking in America. It's a very worrisome development. More and… — Lester Holt Copy Share Image
Part of God's work in his people is synchronizing the heart and the mind thus providing freedom from the deceit of emotion-based… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Her statistics were more than a study... For her, Quetelet was the hero as scientist, and the presentation copy of his Physique… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
In business, as in politics, it is never easy to go against the beliefs and attitudes held by the majority. The businessman… — J. Paul Getty Copy Share Image
Not taking the Bible (or other texts based on 'revealed truths') literally leaves it up to the reader to cherry-pick elements for… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“I believe that only scientists can understand the universe. It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right,… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
In the beginning was belief, foolish belief, and faith, empty faith, and illusion, the terrible illusion. ... We believed in God, had… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[He] seems to want it both ways: the freedom to hold and express beliefs, and immunity from criticism for those beliefs. This… — Jeffrey Shallit Copy Share Image
If we base our belief systems on the humble assumption that the complexities of the world are ontologically beyond our understanding, then… — Moby Copy Share Image
It is the long term investor who will in practice come in for the most criticism. For it is the essence of… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
All that I have achieved has been possible not only because of my own strength and perseverance, gained through hardship, but also… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
“For all his secrecy and fear of being seen, he was touched that we had observed him so closely, and with such… — Tim Kreider Copy Share Image
The best defense against a powerful and positive dynamic ideology is neither verbal attack nor criticism, which are useful, but to set… — Clare Boothe Luce Copy Share Image
When you are a warrior for your body, you search out every good thing there is to fill it with - every… — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
Those who see what's obvious aren't necessarily brighter than others. They're just more likely to observe that the emperor is naked. Like… — Richard Farson Copy Share Image
I am not saying people should not be free to join whichever reason they choose but should we be forced to live… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
The effectiveness of a doctrine does not come from its meaning but from its certitude. No doctrine however profound and sublime will… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse. And if they… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
“The claim to know that no god exists is just irrational. The non-existence of any god has no evidence, let alone proof.… — Lewis N. Roe Copy Share Image
“Although I'm an atheist, I try not to crap all over people's belief in God. It may be nothing more than a… — Oliver Gaspirtz Copy Share Image
I learned [playing Chuck Berry] that there's something to be said for the courage of conviction, that sense of belief, being bold… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
![“[He] seems to want it both ways: the freedom to hold and express beliefs, and immunity from criticism for those beliefs. This is the kind of attitude that leads inexorably to totalitarianism. It is to be decried, particularly in a university environment where the search for truth necessitates that…” quote by Jeffrey Shallit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/jeffrey-shallit-84814_attitude_he-seems-to-want-it-both-ways-the-freedo_3009026.jpg)
![“If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse. And if they pretended to treat it as something really important it was because they knew that the madmen they were talking to believed themselves to be kings and emperors. They humoured these beliefs…” quote by Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb5/blaise-pascal-167_belief_if-they-plato-and-aristotle-wrote-about_343108.jpg)
![“I learned [playing Chuck Berry] that there's something to be said for the courage of conviction, that sense of belief, being bold enough to believe in your vision. And there's a quote that really fits his particular energy. It says - they say don't go where the path may lead, but go where there's…” quote by Mos Def](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/mos-def-3481_belief_i-learned-playing-chuck-berry-that-there_766245.jpg)
