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title: "24 Old Beliefs Quotes by 22 authors"
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> [Old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-o-wilson/old-beliefs-die-hard-even-when-demonstrably-false/)

[E. O. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-o-wilson/)

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> [“New vocabularies can make old beliefs possible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-perez/new-vocabularies-can-make-old-beliefs-possible/)

[David Perez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-perez/)

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> [It requires troublesome work to undertake the alteration of old beliefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dewey/it-requires-troublesome-work-to-undertake-the-alteration-of-old/)

[John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dewey/)

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> [“Old beliefs do not lead you to new cheese”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-johnson/old-beliefs-do-not-lead-you-to-new-cheese/)

[Spencer Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-johnson/)

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> [If a thousand old beliefs were ruined in our march to truth we must still march on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stopford-brooke/if-a-thousand-old-beliefs-were-ruined-in-our-march-to-truth-we-must/)

[Stopford Brooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stopford-brooke/)

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> [“On the path of awakening, it's natural to experience some upheaval, dark nights of the soul, or unnerving groundlessness when the foundation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-hanson/on-the-path-of-awakening-it-s-natural-to-experience-some-upheaval/)

[Rick Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-hanson/)

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> [It is necessary to go back to our age old beliefs to save our ethos which are on the decline due to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mak-786/it-is-necessary-to-go-back-to-our-age-old-beliefs-to-save-our-ethos/)

[Mak\_786](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mak-786/)

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> [“Some say it’s no coincidence that the question mark is an inverted plow, breaking up the hard soil of old beliefs and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/some-say-it-s-no-coincidence-that-the-question-mark-is-an-inverted/)

[Saul D. Alinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-d-alinsky/)

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> [You can choose to acknowledge that some of your old beliefs about God and about Life are no longer working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neale-donald-walsch/you-can-choose-to-acknowledge-that-some-of-your-old-beliefs-about-god/)

[Neale Donald Walsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neale-donald-walsch/)

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> [I assume that those who cling to old beliefs will be able to whisper their thoughts in the recesses of their homes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alito/i-assume-that-those-who-cling-to-old-beliefs-will-be-able-to-whisper/)

[Samuel Alito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alito/)

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> [...as I reject the old time beliefs, it is not a matter of countering belief with belief, rather I can challenge the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bhagat-singh/as-i-reject-the-old-time-beliefs-it-is-not-a-matter-of-countering/)

[Bhagat Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bhagat-singh/)

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> [You can't escape from a prison until you recognize you are in one. People who have chosen to live within the limits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-proctor/you-can-t-escape-from-a-prison-until-you-recognize-you-are-in-one/)

[Bob Proctor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-proctor/)

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> [It's not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that walks in us. It's all sorts of dead ideas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-not-only-what-we-have-inherited-from-our-father-and-mother-that/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dewey/man-is-not-logical-and-his-intellectual-history-is-a-record-of-mental/)

[John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dewey/)

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> [The old beliefs, of course, and the rational approach, are everywhere reinforced, and so it does have a great weight. The magical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-roberts/the-old-beliefs-of-course-and-the-rational-approach-are-everywhere/)

[Jane Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-roberts/)

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> [The first thing we need to do is realize that some of our old beliefs are dysfunctional and no longer work, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-ray/the-first-thing-we-need-to-do-is-realize-that-some-of-our-old-beliefs/)

[Ricky Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-ray/)

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> [“Religious beliefs are culture bound…land overwhelmed by poverty, overcrowding, starvation, disease, class oppression and lack of any hope for a better future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvin-d-yalom/religious-beliefs-are-culture-bound-land-overwhelmed-by-poverty/)

[Irvin D. Yalom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvin-d-yalom/)

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> [But I almost think we are all of us ghosts. It is not only what we have inherited from our father and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/but-i-almost-think-we-are-all-of-us-ghosts-it-is-not-only-what-we/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

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> [''It is not only what we have inherited from our fathers and mothers that again in us, but all sorts of old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/it-is-not-only-what-we-have-inherited-from-our-fathers-and-mothers/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

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> [It is hard to let old beliefs go. They are familiar. We are comfortable with them and have spent years building systems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/it-is-hard-to-let-old-beliefs-go-they-are-familiar-we-are-comfortable/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

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> [In place of the old beliefs of a civilization based on godliness, judgment and historical loyalty, young people are given the new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/in-place-of-the-old-beliefs-of-a-civilization-based-on-godliness/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

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> [“So much we once coveted. So much That would have saved us, but lived, Instead, its own quick span, returning To uselessness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-k-smith/so-much-we-once-coveted-so-much-that-would-have-saved-us-but-lived/)

[Tracy K. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-k-smith/)

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> [There is today-in a time when old beliefs are withering-a kind of philosophical hunger, a need to know who we are and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/there-is-today-in-a-time-when-old-beliefs-are-withering-a-kind-of/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

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> [I just have a sense that, you know, I'm curious about what is religion about, you know? Why do some of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/i-just-have-a-sense-that-you-know-i-m-curious-about-what-is-religion/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

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                        "text": "“So much we once coveted. So much That would have saved us, but lived, Instead, its own quick span, returning To uselessness with the mute acquiescence Of shed skin. It watches us watch it: Our faulty eyes, our telltale heat, hearts Ticking through our shirts. We’re here To titter at gimcracks, the naïve tools, The replicas of replicas stacked like bricks. There’s green money, and oil in drums. Pots of honey pilfered from a tomb. Books Recounting the wars, maps of fizzled stars. In the south wing, there’s a small room Where a living man sits on display. Ask, And he’ll describe the old beliefs. If you Laugh, he’ll lower his head to his hands And sigh. When he dies, they’ll replace him With a video looping on ad infinitum. Special installations come and go. “Love” Was up for a season, followed by “Illness,” Concepts difficult to grasp. The last thing you see (After a mirror—someone’s idea of a joke?) Is an image of an old planet taken from space. Outside, vendors hawk t-shirts, three for eight.”",
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