Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community. View quotes by John Gardner
Perhaps the belief in God is the belief that the universe is intelligible, but not to us. View quotes by Thomas Nagel
Our thirty year old belief that there is only one kind of computer is the basis for our belief that there is only one kind of programming language. View quotes by John Backus
'It was Christianity which first painted the devil on the worlds wall; It was Christianity which first brought sin into the world. Belief in the cure which it offered has now been shaken to it's deepest roots; but belief in the sickness which it taught and propagated continues to exist'. View quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt. View quotes by Plutarch
Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion. [And what about belief in the illusion of the absence of illusions?] View quotes by Barbara Harrison
It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us. View quotes by Janet Jackson