I have come to an odd belief, which is that we don't make decisions so much as the decisions make us. The… — Andy Dunn Copy Share Image
The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“The Lord, therefore, was not unknown to Abraham, whose day he desired to see; nor, again, was the Lord’s Father, for he… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
My faith plays a big part in my life. And when I was answering that question what I was really saying to… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Some sexual theorists have argued that the perceptual link between orgasm and death is traceable to the elevated state in which orgasm… — Jonathan Margolis Copy Share Image
“We all have beliefs and expectations from our personal experience; it is impossible to live without them. Since we have to make… — John Seymour Copy Share Image
In listening to stories we tend to suspend disbelief in order to be entertained, whereas in evaluating statistics we generally have an… — John Allen Paulos Copy Share Image
I do not see why the loss of faith in the known image and symbol in our time should be celebrated as… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
I think there is a predisposition among Christians that Hollywood is anti-Jesus or anti-Christianity. I was warned I'd have to fight to… — Clay Aiken Copy Share Image
“If metaphysics enjoys the least freedom from assumed premises, man enjoys the least freedom from metaphysics in that metaphysical beliefs are the… — Fazlur Rahman Copy Share Image
I think true atheism is a rare thing in human affairs: Even in the most secularized precincts of Europe, a lot of… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
“Humour is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer. Laughter must be heard in the outer… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
“Your health, your experiences, and your life do not have to be at the mercy of your negative emotions. When you consciously… — Susan Barbara Apollon Copy Share Image
Don't you think that being a person of faith has become a third rail in American politics? If you want to run… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“We had better want the consequences of what we believe or disbelieve, because the consequences will come! . . . But how… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Zen has been called the "religion before religion," which is to say that anyone can practice, including those committed to another faith.… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“The use of means ought not to lessen our faith in God; and our faith in God ought not to hinder our… — James Hudson Taylor Copy Share Image
We want Shraddhâ, we want faith in our own selves. Strength is life, weakness is death. 'We are the Âtman, deathless and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
For thousands of years, we Jews have been nourished and sustained by a yearning for our historic land. I, like many others,… — Ehud Olmert Copy Share Image
Whenever people are certain they understand our peculiar situation here on this planet, it is because they have accepted a religious Faith… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“Faith is about trust in something deeper. Maybe I have given you the wrong impression when I pray to the Saints, but… — Olga Soaje Copy Share Image
My beliefs are that the truth is a truth until you organize it, and then it becomes a lie. I don't think… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“It is by doctrine (through the power of the Spirit) that believers are nourished and edified, and where doctrine is neglected, growth… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
“Although upon doctrines of grace our views differ from those avowed by Arminian Methodists, we have usually found that on the great… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Philosophy can help laymen spot and reject the numerous pseudoscientific beliefs that survive in the media, such as the fantasies of psychoanalysts,… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
The true believer of God always, Find ways to know Gods will and work for it because believing Without faith and work… — Laine Copy Share Image
“Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
William James used to preach the "will-to-believe." For my part, I should wish to preach the "will-to-doubt." None of our beliefs are… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which the interests… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
Scripture teaches us that we should trust God and not lean on our own wisdom or understanding. To do this, we have… — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
“If you look back over your life you will see the first test you went through seems small now; it didn’t then… — Christy Warren Copy Share Image
“When circumstances become difficult and you are in the furnace of testing, remain where God has put you until He tells you… — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
“Beast wondered bitterly if Laurent’s morals and convictions would have been as stern if it was Knight who’d tried to get into… — K.A. Merikan Copy Share Image
“There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her conviction, her… — Barry Sanders Copy Share Image
Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or… — Bible Copy Share Image
Mithridates, he died old. Housman's passage is based on the belief of the ancients that Mithridates the Great [c. 135-63 B.C.] had… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
Leaps over walls - especially when taken late in life - can be extremely perilous. To leap successfully, you need a sense… — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
“There’s no such thing as God, Charlie, at least not how they say. Just like there’s no such thing as Zeus or… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
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