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Believe Quotes by Sam Harris
- My concern with religion is that it allows us by the millions to believe what only lunatics or idiots could believe on their own. That's…
- Religion provides the only story that is fundamentally consoling in the face of the worst possible experiences - the death of a parent, for instance.…
- It is still fashionable to believe that how you organize yourself religiously in this life may matter for eternity. Unless we can erode the prestige…
- Most people believe that the Creator of the universe wrote (or dictated) one of their books. Unfortunately, there are many books that pretend to divine…
- A kernel of truth lurks at the heart of religion, because spiritual experience, ethical behavior, and strong communities are essential for human happiness. And yet…
- According to the most common interpretation of biblical prophecy, Jesus will return only after things have gone horribly awry. Imagine the consequences if any significant…
- In the year 2006, a person can have sufficient intellectual and material resources to build a nuclear bomb and still believe that he will get…
- It is merely an accident of history that it is considered normal in our society to believe that the Creator of the universe can hear…
- Where we have reasons for what we believe, we have no need of faith; where we have no reasons, we have lost both our connection…
- It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious people give one another to keep believing when reasons fail.
- Imagine a world in which generations of human beings come to believe that certain films were made by God or that specific software was coded…
- What I'm asking you to entertain is that there is nothing we need to believe on insufficient evidence in order to have deeply ethical and…
- The problem I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of belief. What does it mean to believe? We use this word…
- When the stakes are this high- when calling God by the right name can make the difference between eternal happiness and eternal suffering, it is…
- If faith is what you have to go on, if faith is the link between your beliefs and the world at large, your beliefs are…
- The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could…
- While believing strongly, without evidence, is considered a mark of madness or stupidity in any other area of our lives, faith in God still holds…
- The problem is not that religious people are stupid. It's not that religious fundamentalists are stupid. I happen to think that you can be so…
- It is time we realize that belief is not a private matter. As a man believes, so he will act. Believe that you are a…
- On the subject of religious belief, we relax standards of reasonableness and evidence that we rely on in every other area of our lives. We…
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