Calvinism is the belief that there are three Gods.
Thomas PaineIn the blood of the martyrs to intolerance are the seeds of unbelief
Walter J LippmannThe great desire of this age is for a doctrine which may serve to condense our knowledge, guide our researches, and shape our lives, so that conduct may really be the consequence of belief
G H LewesEvery one is well or ill at ease, according as he finds himself! not he whom the world believes, but he who believes himself to be so, is content; and in him alone belief gives itself being and reality
MontaigneWhen it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.
Michael EndeFaith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence
Richard DawkinsWhat distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
John Stuart MillThe patient typically finds himself impelled by some deep, inner conviction that something is true, or right, or virtuous: a conviction that doesn't seem to owe anything to evidence or reason, but which, nevertheless, he feels as totally compelling and convincing. We doctors refer to such a belief as 'faith'.
Richard DawkinsThere is a place in this world for satire but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs begins.
Isaac HayesThe new manager has given us unbelivable belief.
Paul MersonWhy should I 'respect' belief systems that I do not share? I would not be expected to respect the beliefs of flat earthers or those of the people who believed that the Hale-Bopp comet was a recycling facility for dead Californians, and killed themselves in order to join it.
Simon BlackburnGrieve not the Christ of God, who redeems us; and remember that we grieve Him most when we will not let Him pour His love upon us, but turn a sullen, unresponsive unbelief towards His pleading grace, as some glacier shuts out the sunshine from the mountainside with its thick-ribbed ice
Alexander MaclarenCustom forms us all; our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed belief, are consequences of our place of birth
Aaron HillUnderlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Milton FriedmanIt is important that we have belief in God at all times of our life, and not just when we feel we have something to request of him or be particularly thankful for.
Benny HinnThe constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear
Jiddu KrishnamurtiMen 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.
John GardnerA belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.
David HockneyBeliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.
Peter UstinovI would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
Bertrand RussellIt is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.
Lionel TrillingContrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
Peter UstinovOut of disbelief in God we have impudently assumed that all of life is now subject to our own will. [Diagnosing the problems that have caused all the social ills of the modern age]
Leslie FarberThe radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart
Walter J LippmannIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way (A Tale of Two Cities)
Charles DickensAs an artist, you dream about accumulating enough successful music to someday do just one greatest-hits album, but to reach the point where you're releasing your second collection of hits is beyond belief.
Gloria EstefanOur 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.
John BackusThe existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races all of whose members are foredoomed to eternal inferiority.
Franz BoasThere's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.
Frank A ClarkI am in politics because I have a strong belief in the equal worth of every child.
Ruth KellyFaith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active
Edith HamiltonWhen I look back on it now, I am so glad that the one thing that I had in my life was my belief that everything in life is a learning experience, whether it be positive or negative. If you can see it as a learning experience, you can turn any negative into a positive.
Neve CampbellOne of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important
Bertrand RussellIt 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.
Janet JacksonOur belief in any particular natural law cannot have a safer basis than our unsuccessful critical attempts to refute it.
[Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge]
Karl PopperFaith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
William JamesI have a great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.
Septima ClarkMoralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.
Henry MillerIt is as wise to moderate our belief as our desires
Walter LandorFaith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.
Richard DawkinsPatriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.
Jesse VenturaThink of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to support or prop up their beliefs. Yet has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science?
Carl SaganSickness is a belief, to be annihilated by the divine Mind
Mary Baker EddyThe whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say - or their beliefs - or sex.
John OsborneWe are prodding, challenging, seeking contradictions or small, persistent residual errors, proposing alternative explanations, encouraging heresy. We give our highest rewards to those who convincingly disprove established beliefs.
Carl SaganEveryone should be able to live their lives free to choose their own belief system, who they wish to love, whether they be black or white, male or female, dog or cat or horse, without being criticized for their choice
Alannah MylesIf I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
James ThurberHe does not believe that does not live according to his belief.
Sigmund FreudWe must be open to all who share our values and our beliefs - young, old, black, white, straight, gay. Under my leadership there will be no more grumpy Conservatism.
David DavisBeliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
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