“Let me repeat: the stakes are high. We must confront one of the most massive pseudo-evidences in recent intellectual history: the belief,… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“Each holiday tradition acts as an exercise in cognitive development, a greater challenge for the child. Despite the fact most parents don't… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“The leap of faith is this: You have to believe, or at least pretend you believe until you really believe it, that… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“Jesus Hollywood believed in a lot of things. He believed that the stars in the sky were only ghostly images of dead… — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
“For though God has promised to do whatsoever his people may ask, yet he does not allow them an unbridled liberty to… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“If I now consider man in his isolated capacity, I find that dogmatic belief is no less indispensable to him in order… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“...a large segment of our population appears to have moved, in its cultural beliefs, to the use of an "ideal" measuring implement,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it,… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
“Extreme religious and quasi-religious beliefs and practices, Christian and New Age and otherwise, didn’t subside but grew and thrived—and came to seem… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
“When pursued it becomes clear that this separation between one's self and the Church usually stems from deep unresolved pain or dissatisfaction… — Janet O. Hagberg Copy Share Image
“Delve into the unconscious, to learn the codes inside the unconscious, to discover what are its views of reality. No amount of… — Laurence Galian Copy Share Image
“Jesus knew that many of his listeners believed the old wineskin (or way of doing things) was good enough. They were comfortable… — Margaret Feinberg Copy Share Image
“People with mental illnesses are then made to believe that they are somehow inferior to everyone else around them. They feel shame,… — Carol Franklin Copy Share Image
“If we're lucky, we find the one person who will hold our trust and keep it sacred and safe against all attackers.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
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“I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We may waive just so much care of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“When I reached intellectual maturity, and began to ask myself whether I was an atheist, a theist, or a pantheist; a materialist… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“Nationalism is the uncritical celebration of one’s nation regardless of its moral or political virtue. It is summarized in the saying, “My… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“[I]t is to be borne in mind, in regard to the philosophical sciences, that the inferior sciences neither prove their principles nor… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“...his consuming interest remains in the world of men, their institutions, their history, their passions. And because he is interested in men,… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
“Realizing the seriously ruthless, venomous habits and agendas of evil always instills a more fierce passion and longing for a closer God.… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
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“You do not admit the conceivability at all?' he queried. 'But why not? We admit the existence of electricity, of which we… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“People have this belief that what we believe is the effect of the facts that we’re exposed to, and therefore, if we… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
“The 144,000 have the patience of the saints; they keep the commandments of God, and they also have the faith of Jesus.… — M.L. Andreasen Copy Share Image
“For a scientist, who has placed his faith in the testability of the scientific method, and in his own intellectual ability to… — John L. Betcher Copy Share Image
“Future historians, I hope, will consider the American fast food industry a relic of the twentieth century — a set of attitudes,… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
“Those who hold to the Christian faith see law as an ultimate order of the universe. It is the invariable factor in… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
“How does it feel to be a part of this beautifully ingenious design. I have faith that there is a chosen moment… — Tavia Rahki Smith Copy Share Image
“Thus Milton refines the question down to a matter of faith," said Coleridge, bringing the lecture to a close, "and a kind… — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
“At Abraham's burial, his two most prominent sons, rivals since before they were born, estranged since childhood, scions of rival nations, come… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
“The modern philosopher claims, like a sort of confident man, that if we will grant him this, the rest will be easy;… — Chesterton, G.K Copy Share Image
“I believe that any Christian who is qualified to write a good popular book on any science may do much more by… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“[..] as midnight inevitably came and went without the horsemen of the apocalypse making an appearance, Clara surprised herself by falling into… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“Always – but especially when suffering - surround yourself with those who inspire you to lose yourself more honestly, to love others… — Connie Kerbs Copy Share Image
“By first believing in Santa Claus, then the Easter Bunny, then the Tooth Fairy, Rant Casey was recognizing that those myths are… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“A Warrior’s Pledge of Purity By Jason Lee Morgan I will have faith that God empowers me for purity I will have… — Jason Lee Morgan Copy Share Image
“My belief is that when you're telling the truth, you're close to God. If you say to God, "I am exhausted and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Others, however, have an overwhelming sense of their own inadequacy and see only their failings, and to these Edwards brings the sweetness… — Robert M. Norris Copy Share Image
“S., a clever and truthful man, once told me the story of how he ceased to believe. On a hunting expedition, when… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
![“[I]t is to be borne in mind, in regard to the philosophical sciences, that the inferior sciences neither prove their principles nor dispute with those who deny them, but leave this to a higher science; whereas the highest of them, viz. metaphysics, can dispute with one who denies its principles…” quote by Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cfc/thomas-aquinas-837_faith_i-t-is-to-be-borne-in-mind-in-regard-to_496751.jpg)
![“People have this belief that what we believe is the effect of the facts that we’re exposed to, and therefore, if we expose people to different and newer facts, they will change their beliefs. This is not true. […] The contents of people’s minds, the belief systems that they hold, are in no way…” quote by Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08d/stefan-molyneux-1819_faith_people-have-this-belief-that-what-we-bel_2763976.jpg)
![“[..] as midnight inevitably came and went without the horsemen of the apocalypse making an appearance, Clara surprised herself by falling into a melancholy. For ridding oneself of faith is like boiling sea-water to retrieve the salt something is gained but something is lost. Though her friends…” quote by Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ff1/zadie-smith-584_alpha-and-omega_as-midnight-inevitably-came-and-went-wit_2454259.jpg)
