“Our assignment is affirmative: to forsake the things of the world as ends in themselves; to leave off idolatry and press forward… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
“Everybody gives you belief for the asking,” she said to David, “and so few people give you anything more to believe in… — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Did the walls of the barn start to tremble With a glory they could not contain? Did anyone wake with the feeling… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
Why is monotheistic faith better than polytheistic? I mean, either you believe - if you believe in, like, a magic person who… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I admire the Shabbat tradition, and no matter which faith you are of, there is nothing more wonderful than dedicating a certain… — Joyce Giraud Copy Share Image
“Grace is the first and last moving cause of salvation; and faith, essential as it is, is only an important part of… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Like Spinoza, Einstein did not believe in a personal God who interacted with man. But they both believed that a divine design… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
If my interlocutor desires to convince me that Jupiter has inhabitants, and that his description of them is accurate, it is for… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
A Christian receives divine wisdom in three ways: by the commandments, teachings, and faith. The commandments free the mind from passions. Teachings… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Between the probable and proved there yawns A gap. Afraid to jump, we stand absurd, Then see behind us sink the ground… — Sheldon Vanauken Copy Share Image
If you were making poetry out of convictions - trying to convince other people - you were in the territory of rhetoric,… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
“If you don't make a conscious effort to visualize, who you are and what you want to become in life, then you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
To exclude groups of people because of their faith, this isn't worthy of the free state in which we live. It isn't… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
So long as we judge ourselves by human comparisons, there is plenty of room for self-satisfaction, and self-satisfaction kills faith, for faith… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
“Ableism is discrimination against people with disabilities. It is the harboring of beliefs that devalue and limit the potential of people with… — Casey "Remrov" Vormer Copy Share Image
..Such practices and beliefs, which interfere with happiness, are neither inevitable nor necessary; they evolved by chance, as a result of random… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
“Machinery. His former belief that crime was a matter of choice, a willful act freely taken, was now replaced by its opposite,… — Simon Baatz Copy Share Image
I tried to instill a different motivation, to give them the security and the conviction that they were doing something good, something… — Markus Wolf Copy Share Image
The reason you can take the leap of faith with Stephen King, when it comes to the paranormal, or the things that… — Emily Rose Copy Share Image
Four Americans, four patriots, they loved this country and they chose to serve it, and served it well. They had a mission… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
If faith, then new birth; if new birth, then sonship; if sonship, then "an heir of God, and a joint-heir with Christ."… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
“As well as being essential to theological study, philosophy is an indispensable tool for communicating theology, for evangelization and catechesis. A faith… — George Cardinal Pell Copy Share Image
The four Ways reflect a pervasive belief that life will be simple if we practice four basic principles: Show up or choose… — Angeles Arrien Copy Share Image
The therapist does not treat patients by simply giving them another set of beliefs. He or she tries to help them see… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
With increased awareness should come greater caution about how confessions are used at trial - and a greater willingness to overturn convictions… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
“When it comes to the Big Questions in Life, the preponderance of evidence is the best advisor to inform our beliefs. The… — Brian Goedken Copy Share Image
Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows something of what has been passing, when… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and in kind of life, was not seriously… — Asa Gray Copy Share Image
Be bold. Envision yourself living a life that you love. Believe, even if you can only muster your faith for just this… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
Back in the '50s and '60s, most politicians were concerned about not talking about faith, partly because there were consequences you had… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To abdicate from the rule of reason and substitute for it an authentication of belief by the intentness and degree of conviction… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
“As a society of unbelief, Western culture is devoid of a sense of journey, of adventure, because it lacks belief in much… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
“Believing a given proposition is a matter of believing that it faithfully represents some state of the world, and this fact yields… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Chesterton says, in essence, that there is a dislocation of humility in our times. We have become more confident in who we… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
“For now, I look to God, for I know He will respond to my questions. For I believe, in the deepest part… — Alexandra Silber Copy Share Image
“...because love can come, if you believe in it and behave as if it exists. That was the case, too, with free… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Both my strong faith in the Lord - and a heartfelt concern for basic human rights - gives me a sense of… — Kay Ivey Copy Share Image
“By the time the sixties hit their home bases, we the kids, were already born, and our parents found themselves stuck between… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
To make the sign of the cross is to pronounce a visible and public yes to him who died for us and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
