Gautama Buddha Quotes
Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true.
Quotes to Explore
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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We want to believe that we're invulnerable, and that people who get tricked deserve it. Well, they don't. And someday the arrogant types who mock the gullible are likely to get their turn to wear the dunce cap.
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The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
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I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500.
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Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support.
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May books spread the world over!
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But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.
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Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people are evil and motivation is not necessary for evil.
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I believe in collaboration and cooperation.
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The right to communicate is a basic human right, and I believe that putting that on every national agenda is very important.
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I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.
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I believe in the saying, 'If you aim at nothing, you're going to hit nothing.' So if you don't set goals, then you have nowhere to go.
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Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.
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War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth that one receives, to follow a vocation which is God-inspired and God-directed.
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Something I stand for is being brave enough to invest in creative ideas that I firmly believe in and bringing those to life.
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I believe that modern slavery is the most outrageous assault on the rights of an individual. It is something that touches me deeply because I grew up in rural Brazil and could see first-hand how poverty forced people to work in harsh, exploitative conditions.
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I do believe that there will be a clash between East and West. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I don't think that it will be based upon the color of the skin….
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It should be interesting to see two entirely different ways to treat a story, geared for two entirely different kinds of audience.
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I'm always afraid, because I do most of my stuff at home, where nobody bothers me, and I don't have to stroke somebody's ego or be careful about hurting someone's feelings. But I also want to know that I can still go into the world and be with other people and make music.
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Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself.
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Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true.
