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Believe Quotes by Flannery O'Connor
- I am interested in making up a good case for distortion, as I am coming to believe it is the only way to make people…
- I believe the teacher's work is largely negative, that it is largely a matter of saying, "This doesn't work because ..." or "This does work…
- If you're a Catholic you believe what the Church teaches and the climate makes no difference.
- One of the awful things about writing when you are a Christian is that for you the ultimate reality is the Incarnation, the present reality…
- It is popular to believe that in order to see clearly one must believe nothing. This may work well enough if you are observing cells…
- There is a question whether faith can or is supposed to be emotionally satisfying. I must say that the thought of everyone lolling about in…
- Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly moral, thoroughly Catholic, and that…
- But learned people can analyze for me why I fear hell and their implication is that there is no hell. But I believe in hell.…
- Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.
- ...the only thing that makes the Church endurable is that it is somehow the body of Christ and that on this we are fed. It…
- I have almost no capacity for worship. What I have is the knowledge that it is my duty to worship and worship only what I…
- She was a good Christian woman with a large respect for religion, though she did not, of course, believe any of it was true.
- That's the trouble with you preachers," he said. "You've all got too good to believe in anything," and he drove off with a look of…
More Believe Quotes
- Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a… — Hannah Arendt
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. — J. J. Abrams
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a… — Julian Assange
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. — Richard Bach
- The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing… — Neil Armstrong
- Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind… — Mary Kay Ash
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov