Quotes about belief
belief argument cradle
Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument because reasoned argument is drummed out of those trained in religion from the cradle. Richard Dawkins
belief belief-in-god universe
Perhaps the belief in God is the belief that the universe is intelligible, but not to us. Thomas Nagel
belief reason deism
In Deism our reason and our belief are happily united. Thomas Paine
belief forgotten instinct
It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. Thomas Huxley
belief ethical idealism
My belief is that no human being or society composed of human beings ever did or ever will come to much unless their conduct was governed and guided by the love of some ethical ideal.
belief seeing
Belief and seeing are both often wrong, Robert McNamara
belief excellent conviction
Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct. Thomas Carlyle
belief recluse journalist
My belief is that 'recluse' is a code word generated by journalists ... meaning, 'doesn't like to talk to reporters'. Thomas Pynchon
belief plus manifestation
Thought plus belief equals manifestation. Richard Bach
belief conviction
Too few have the courage of my convictions. Robert M. Hutchins
belief influence
Trust in your own beliefs or succumb to the influence of others'. Steve Backley
belief deals
He who has a why can deal with any what or how. Stephen Covey
belief
Belief is only the beginning... Stephanie Adams
belief unconditional belief-in-god
Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all. Viktor E. Frankl
belief talent telepathy
Belief in the supernatural or belief in wild talents like precognition and telepathy and telekinesis and things like that, it seems to me that belief in those things is just very, very freeing. Stephen King
belief evidence gullibility
Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence. Tryon Edwards
belief
It is the belief and not the god that counts. Wallace Stevens
belief
As we are, so we see. William Blake
belief dont-change believer
Don't change beliefs. Transform the believer. Werner Erhard
belief genocide nazi
No one who has studied Western history can cling to the belief that the Nazis invented genocide. Wallace Stegner
belief fury poetry-is
The belief in poetry is a magnificent fury, or it is nothing.
belief blasphemy
Where there is no belief, there is no blasphemy. Salman Rushdie
belief thrive heal
Belief is the wound that knowledge heals. Ursula K. Le Guin
belief depends
Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself. Walter Gilbert
belief throwing states
The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion. Winston Churchill
belief free-will decree
The belief in free-will is not in the least incompatible with the belief in Providence, provided you do not restrict the Providence to fulminating nothing but fatal decrees. William James
belief action
Our beliefs are really rules for action.
belief
The core of the American set of beliefs has remained pretty constant. Samuel P. Huntington
belief willing persons
A person can do other things against his will, but belief is possible only in one who is willing. Saint Augustine
belief
When you're through learning, you're through. Will Rogers
belief compromise never-compromise
Live for who and what you love and never compromise your beliefs for anything or anyone. Zayn Malik