--- title: "16 Question Believe Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 16 Question Believe quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Question Believe sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/byron-katie-553_believe_when-you-question-what-you-believe-you-l_3068499.png" --- > [When you question what you believe, you leave the world, really, and what the world believes. It puts you in a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-katie/when-you-question-what-you-believe-you-leave-the-world-really-and/) [Byron Katie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-katie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/byron-katie-553_believe_when-you-question-what-you-believe-you-l_3068499.png) > [“The question isn't "is your novel good enough?" The question is: "Do you believe in it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giuseppe-bianco/the-question-isn-t-is-your-novel-good-enough-the-question-is-do-you/) [Giuseppe Bianco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giuseppe-bianco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/giuseppe-bianco-21596_books_the-question-isn-t-is-your-novel-good-en_2852238.jpg) > [There is no longer time for statements like 'if only' or 'we can't.' We must and we will succeed. The only question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-riley/there-is-no-longer-time-for-statements-like-if-only-or-we-can-t-we/) [Bob Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-riley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2b/bob-riley-18775_believe_there-is-no-longer-time-for-statements-l_372074.png) > [“Can you half believe something? No, that wasn't quite right. This was quantum mechanics. The better question: can you both believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-kosmatka/can-you-half-believe-something-no-that-wasn-t-quite-right-this-was/) [Ted Kosmatka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-kosmatka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fec/ted-kosmatka-44024_belief_can-you-half-believe-something-no-that-w_503300.jpg) > [We look and see what we see in a mirror, and we believe it. That's important, the question of belief. The question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-walcott/we-look-and-see-what-we-see-in-a-mirror-and-we-believe-it-that-s/) [Derek Walcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-walcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20d/derek-walcott-2220_belief_we-look-and-see-what-we-see-in-a-mirror_2578371.jpg) > [I'm often asked whether I believe in Global Warming. I now just reply with the question: "Do you believe in Gravity?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-m-often-asked-whether-i-believe-in-global-warming-i-now-just-reply/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_believe_i-m-often-asked-whether-i-believe-in-glo_1686385.png) > [My mother started taking us to church when I was in seventh or eight grade. That was always a question, Do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-waldman/my-mother-started-taking-us-to-church-when-i-was-in-seventh-or-eight/) [Anne Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-waldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/anne-waldman-4046_believe_my-mother-started-taking-us-to-church-wh_1388645.png) > [“Here's what I say - when you don't know or can't know the answer to a question, why not believe the answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ferris/here-s-what-i-say-when-you-don-t-know-or-can-t-know-the-answer-to-a/) [Jean Ferris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ferris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/jean-ferris-21530_answer_here-s-what-i-say-when-you-don-t-know-or_1914258.png) > [The question is not: do we believe in God? but rather: does God believe in us? And the answer is: only an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/the-question-is-not-do-we-believe-in-god-but-rather-does-god-believe/) [Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/kenneth-patchen-10815_answers_the-question-is-not-do-we-believe-in-god_2388425.png) > [The question, 'How can you believe in a God who permits suffering on this scale?' is therefore very much around at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-williams/the-question-how-can-you-believe-in-a-god-who-permits-suffering-on/) [Rowan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/rowan-williams-8580_believe_the-question-how-can-you-believe-in-a-go_1338566.jpg) > [“We may question what we believe, but most of us are pretty clear about who we love, and who loves us. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenda-creasy-dean/we-may-question-what-we-believe-but-most-of-us-are-pretty-clear-about/) [Kenda Creasy Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenda-creasy-dean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/kenda-creasy-dean-26530_faith_we-may-question-what-we-believe-but-most_1140901.jpg) > [“Edward, maybe you're seeking the wrong answer? You are asking the wrong question. It's not what you believe, but how you choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rj-blizzard/edward-maybe-you-re-seeking-the-wrong-answer-you-are-asking-the-wrong/) [RJ Blizzard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rj-blizzard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/rj-blizzard-23611_answers_edward-maybe-you-re-seeking-the-wrong-an_598988.jpg) > [“If we are going to create lives of love, compassion, and purpose, we have the charge to question what we believe. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-cates/if-we-are-going-to-create-lives-of-love-compassion-and-purpose-we/) [Regina Cates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-cates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42a/regina-cates-22209_asking-questions_if-we-are-going-to-create-lives-of-love_243315.jpg) > [I also think that the issue of doubt and uncertainty is always a good thing and I question why I believe what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-tillman/i-also-think-that-the-issue-of-doubt-and-uncertainty-is-always-a-good/) [Lynne Tillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-tillman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4d/lynne-tillman-5609_believe_i-also-think-that-the-issue-of-doubt-and_1212085.png) > [As I work in the afternoon on committing to paper some of my morning's thoughts, I find myself just about to close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-palin/as-i-work-in-the-afternoon-on-committing-to-paper-some-of-my-morning/) [Michael Palin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-palin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/michael-palin-7172_afternoon_as-i-work-in-the-afternoon-on-committing_2829871.jpg) > [“Somebody once asked me if I believed in God. It was probably the windup to some major proselytizing, but it’s a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-grant/somebody-once-asked-me-if-i-believed-in-god-it-was-probably-the/) [Mira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8af/mira-grant-1141_believe-in-god_somebody-once-asked-me-if-i-believed-in_1329980.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/question-believe/#itemlist", "name": "Question Believe Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you question what you believe, you leave the world, really, and what the world believes. 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It is such a preposterous claim—God-with-us (oh please)—that young people are unlikely to believe it unless we give them opportunities to do some sacred eavesdropping on us as we seek, delight, and trust in God’s presence with us.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kenda Creasy Dean" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenda-creasy-dean/we-may-question-what-we-believe-but-most-of-us-are-pretty-clear-about/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/kenda-creasy-dean-26530_faith_we-may-question-what-we-believe-but-most_1140901.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/kenda-creasy-dean-26530_faith_we-may-question-what-we-believe-but-most_1140901.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/kenda-creasy-dean-26530_faith_we-may-question-what-we-believe-but-most_1140901.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We may question what we believe, but most of us are pretty clear about who we love, and who loves us. 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Even nothing is something.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "RJ Blizzard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rj-blizzard/edward-maybe-you-re-seeking-the-wrong-answer-you-are-asking-the-wrong/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/rj-blizzard-23611_answers_edward-maybe-you-re-seeking-the-wrong-an_598988.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/rj-blizzard-23611_answers_edward-maybe-you-re-seeking-the-wrong-an_598988.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/rj-blizzard-23611_answers_edward-maybe-you-re-seeking-the-wrong-an_598988.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Edward, maybe you're seeking the wrong answer? You are asking the wrong question. 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