"A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to……" — David
"A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence."
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56 Quotes by David
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Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Who covereth the heaven with clouds,…
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Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise...Blessed are those whose strength is in you...blessed is…
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Generally there is in man a divinity which strives to push him onward and upward. We believe that this power…
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I have but one thought in my heart for the young folk of the Church and that is that they…
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I would say that in my scientific and philosophical work, my main concern has been with understanding the nature of…
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If I am right in saying that thought is the ultimate origin or source, it follows that if we don't…
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If [man] thinks of the totality as constituted of independent fragments, then that is how his mind will tend to…
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Of course, one of the main legitimate functions of thought has always been to help provide security, guaranteeing shelter and…
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A key difference between a dialogue and an ordinary discussion is that, within the latter people usually hold relatively fixed…
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What is essential here is the presence of the spirit of dialogue, which is in short, the ability to hold…
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I don't live by 'The Rules' you know, and if there's one person who has influenced me in that way…
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Trust, encouragement, reward, loyalty... satisfaction. That's what I'm... you know. Trust people and they'll be true to you. Treat them…
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More Belief Quotes
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Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
— Richard Bach
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And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief…
— Isaac Asimov
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as…
— Margaret Atwood
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No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel…
— Saint Augustine
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Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
— Saint Augustine
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
— Marcus Aurelius
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It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be,…
— Jane Austen
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Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what…
— Richard Bach
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The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the…
— Richard Bach
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