Believing Quotes

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider… — Aristotle
On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone… — Kate Adie
A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself. — Theodor Adorno
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private… — Theodor Adorno
There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews. — Bjork
The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their materialism. — H. P. Blavatsky
A lot of people do that kind of nostalgia stuff believing that they were very happy in their teenage years, but that's probably just an… — Jo Brand
Big women do themselves a disservice when they attempt to become the Righteous Fat (the Righteous Thin are bad enough, all that running around and… — Julie Burchill
To believe that one, or even three, mates can supply all the things one needs from one's friends is as stupid as believing married couples… — Julie Burchill
We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes… — Louisa May Alcott
The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion. — Samuel Butler
To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the… — Albert Camus
Farewell all relations and friends in Christ; farewell acquaintances and all earthly enjoyments; farewell reading and preaching, praying and believing, wanderings, reproaches, and sufferings. — Donald Cargill
A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things. — Thomas Carlyle
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
To all my nonbelieving, sort-of-believing, and used-to-be-believing friends: I feel like I should begin with a confession. I am sorry that so often the biggest… — Shane Claiborne
We have been educated into believing someone else's concept of the deity, and someone else's standard of beauty. You have the right to practice any… — John Henrik Clarke
Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity. — Marina Abramovic
There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. — Maya Angelou
My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring… — Maya Angelou

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