Scientists may be in the business of laughing at their predecessors, but owing to an array of human mental dispositions, few realize… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
We must teach the next generation to not just learn languages, but whole cultures and belief systems. We will then make more… — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
…being an atheist required discipline very like that of being Catholic. One could never yield to the idea of a supernatural authority,… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“Your worldly interactions would be commendable if you conducted them with the understanding that you don’t know anything. And they will be… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The great desire of this age is for a doctrine which may serve to condense our knowledge, guide our researches, and shape… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
If you have once accepted Christianity, then some of its main doctrines shall be deliberately held before your mind for some time… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
...By a 'silly' theory I mean one which may be held at the time when one is talking or writing professionally, but… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
For all the popularity of spiritual advisers in South Korea, it still shocks to see the leaders of huge public companies relying… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
Nothing seems to me to be rarer today then genuine hypocrisy. I greatly suspect that this plant finds the mild atmosphere of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It is taboo in our society to criticize a persons religious faith... these taboos are offensive, deeply unreasonable, but worse than that,… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strenthen… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
According to our belief, Japan was founded by the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Omikami, who is revered by the entire nation for her… — Sadao Araki Copy Share Image
Have the models been successful in predicting anything? They, of course, predict substantial global warming. This is not surprising given the expressed… — David Douglas Copy Share Image
Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities to God are consigned to the dust bin of history. We grew from that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Before the rise of the nation-state, between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, the world was mostly tribal. Tribes were united by language,… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible:… — James Truslow Adams Copy Share Image
Every one is well or ill at ease, according as he finds himself! not he whom the world believes, but he who… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Whatever your pleasure, belief, sorrow or triumph... we are all human and we are all constantly facing some sort of brokenness. Of… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
The yearning for the common good comes from the refusal to accept that perhaps Americans have very little in common apart from… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
I have studied many religions, many different persuasions of thought in Christian belief, and I have come, in this experience to this:… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our emphasis here is based not only on the growing seriousness of drug-related crimes, but also on the belief that relieving our… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
It shouldn't be difficult, then, to make the transposition at this point into the early Christian vision of Jesus and the Spirit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want relations which are not purely personal, based on purely personal qualities; but relations based upon some unanimous accord in truth… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
We see in Islam a religion that traces its origins back to God's call on Abraham. We share your belief in God's… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
It is my expectation that Teacher Education for Democracy and Social Justice will become a rich resource for continuing this multi-layered conversation-from… — John Goodlad Copy Share Image
The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I sigh. “But if you’d talked to Jules—if she could hear you . . .” My voice trails off. “Then you wouldn’t… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we… — William James Copy Share Image
Of all the spirits, I believe the spirit of judging is the worst, and it has had the rule of me, I… — Frederick Denison Maurice Copy Share Image
When there's more lows than highs and I'm not just talking financially, it may be time to see what else is out… — Melanie Nicholls-King Copy Share Image
It goes with the passionate intensity and deep conviction of the truth of a religious belief, and of course of the importance… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money. I want to fish as deep down as possible… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Look at your life. Look at the ways in which you define who you are and what you’re capable of achieving. Look… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“She herself vacillated when it came to belief. She did not particularly believe in God. Or, rather, she didn't believe in a… — Allegra Goodman Copy Share Image
If religious belief be indeed so necessary to mankind, as we are continually assured that it is, there is great reason to… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Young persons, because of their immaturity, may not fully comprehend the consequences of their actions and should therefore benefit from less severe… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
The opinion prevailed among advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly by knowledge; belief that did not… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Listening to people espouse beliefs different from mine is informative, not threatening, because the only thing that can alter my worldview is… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“I believe that mankind's destiny lies in the stars. I believe that candy really did taste better when I was a kid,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
