“Long looking with admiration produces change. From your heroes you pick up mannerisms and phrases and tones of voice and facial expressions… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“[Religious belief is] outmoded and ridiculous. [Belief in gods was a] worn out but once useful crutch in mankind's journey towards truth.… — P.W. Atkins Copy Share Image
Our attachments are our temple, what we worship, no? What we give ourselves to, what we invest with faith. . . .… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“All men have a natural fear of making a mistake--by believing too well of a person. However, the error of believing too… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“In his article, Bogen concluded: “I believe [with Wigan] that each of us has two minds in one person. There is a… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God. But where… — Albertus Magnus Copy Share Image
Faith affects the whole of man's nature. It commences with the conviction of the mind based on adequate evidence; it continues in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens like one of those… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
No honest theologian therefore can deny that his acceptance of Jesus as Christ logically binds every Christian to a belief in reincarnation… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
“Our own lives are filled with experiences and beliefs that are peculiar to our culture, and would seem bizarre to anyone outside… — Darren Oldridge Copy Share Image
“My teacher's mind and my interest in youth has brought me to some renewed conclusions, and I pass them on earnestly to… — Marion D. Hanks Copy Share Image
The mystique and the false glamour of the writing profession grow partly out of a mistaken belief that people who can express… — Janet Burroway Copy Share Image
If we took the passion and the conviction that the activist trans community has and we combined it with this over-the-top marketable… — Alaska Copy Share Image
“Just because the educational work of the Anarcho-Syndicalists is directed toward the development of independent thought and action, they are outspoken opponents… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
When all is said and done, the greatest satisfaction you'll have in this life as you grow old will be seeing your… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
We should learn and reflect to the best of our capacity, but when we reach a point where we are unable to… — Baal Shem Tov Copy Share Image
I never stopped believing in us and I never felt like I was wanting for anything, except for my father, and that… — Billy Crystal Copy Share Image
Some days, I can be strong, I can be weak,I can be proud, I can be meek, I can be gentle, I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Innocent III demanded of the Waldenses that they sub scribe to a profession of faith containing these words in regard to the… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“What you must realize, what you must even come to praise, is the fact that there is no right way that is… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
“Ever since puberty I have believed in the value of two things: kindness and clear thinking. At first these two remained more… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one's… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“You try to draw everything into the net of your faith, father, but you can't steal all the virtues. Gentleness isn't Christian,… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
“Praying in restaurants is all about other people seeing us do it. It’s our faith on offense. One more way we can… — Aaron Hartzler Copy Share Image
“As a child, I never believed in “monsters”. No one ever had to check my closet or under my bed for these… — My own Kelly Chase Offield Copy Share Image
Gradually, at various points in our childhoods, we discover different forms of conviction. There's the rock-hard certainty of personal experience ("I put… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“The more we have of Jesus, the greater the love we have; the greater the love, the greater the sacrifice; the greater… — Eric Samuel Timm Copy Share Image
If I were a physician, and if I were allowed to prescribe just one remedy for all the ills of the modern… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
It is a challenge. When you do things that are comedy, you're having to look at the funnier side of life. Often… — Corbin Bernsen Copy Share Image
“A credulous mind . . . finds most delight in believing strange things, and the stranger they are the easier they pass… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
One of my beliefs as a filmmaker is that if you can make somebody laugh, you can make them listen. With laughter,… — Morgan Spurlock Copy Share Image
Man, I just feel blessed... I was in a situation where the only way I could come out of it was by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Puritans were accustomed to explain faith by the word 'recumbency.' It meant leaning upon a thing. Lean with all your weight… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“The argument against faith is all based upon the rigorous analysis of the scriptures, and not upon the objective observation of the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“They (parents) use this guilt-tripping to stop you from fulfilling your plans, but most important, from believing something they don’t (something which… — Lukasz Laniecki Copy Share Image
“The belief in a god is irrational, and once this leap of faith is made it only takes short steps to abandon… — Al Stefanelli Copy Share Image
“motivation predicts higher academic performance, fewer criminal convictions, and better employment outcomes. Children who have a so-called “rage to master”—a term coined… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
I think, irrespective of your race, everybody has moments in life where they don't fit in, or where they try to puzzle… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
Inside if you, you have the ability to accept that even the most perfect beginnings has the most imperfect endings. The courage… — Julandie Copy Share Image