Belief Quotes
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It's my belief that sanity lies in realizing that reality is not exactly what we had in mind.
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The emotions that sustain religious belief are all, in fact, deeply ordinary and deeply recognisable to anybody who has ever made their way across the common ground of human experience as an adult.
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The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.
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I believe acting truly is harnessing the power of belief.
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The core of my life is Islam, my religion. Without that, I have no strength, no belief in God or in myself.
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I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.
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Some people get certainty by working harder and saying I'm going to master something. Some people get certainty by lowering their expectations, going 'it will never work. And they lose their dreams, but they get their needs. The needs are not like goals. They're not like belief systems that are built into you.
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...no matter what any poet did, the poems would constitute screens on which readers could project their own desperate belief in the possibility of poetic experience, whatever that might be, or afford them the opportunity to mourn its impossibility.
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The human mind has a superglue-like quality: Once a viewpoint has been plucked from the swirling chaos of beliefs and explanations, then the mind quickly solidifies that view, resisting any future modification.
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Thea was still under the belief that public opinion could be placated; that if you clucked often enough, the hens would mistake you for one of themselves.
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I don't like it, to be honest, when politicians make a big thing of their religious beliefs, so I don't make a big thing of it.
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Being a scientist helps to support both my life as a Jesuit and my belief in God.
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Beliefs are so powerful because they dictate our efforts and actions.
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When the power, prestige and financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect coercive pressure upon religious minorities to conform to the prevailing officially approved religion is plain.
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As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness.
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I believe aliens have definitely been here. I don’t think the theory that they have affected, interacted with, exchanged with the people of Earth (human and otherwise) in the past takes away from the accomplishments or innovations of anyone. I think the general belief that certain peoples are less than other peoples is what does that…
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The arts reflect profoundly the most democratic credo, the belief in an individual vision or voice . . . The arts' belief in potential gives each of us -- both audience and creator -- pride in our society's ability to nurture individuals.
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Being alone when one's belief is firm, is not to be alone.
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Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate.
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I'm never going to walk away because I'll always have belief that I can improve players and make things better.
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I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.
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Do not flatter yourselves with the belief that a mere recital of that celebrated verse in St. John makes a man a Christian.
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It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear and without bravado. I owe that much to myself.
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The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief.
