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Belief Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that…
- However much we talk of the inexorable laws governing the life of individuals and of societies, we remain at the bottom convinced that in human…
- Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
- The effectiveness of a doctrine does not come from its meaning but from its certitude. No doctrine however profound and sublime will be effective unless…
- Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what they have in…
- It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible.
More Belief Quotes
- Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
- He that is warm for truth, and fearless in its defense, performs one of the duties of a good man; he strenghtens… — Samuel Johnson
- It is difficult, it is pleasant. It is true, it is real. You will tell yourself this and many other things based… — Unkown
- No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll… — Roseanne Barr
- The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has… — Bruce Barton
- Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family… — Mario Andretti