Quotes About Belief

the communist does not believe in religion, but he may resort to it if finds justification for his theory.

the liberal believes in freedom in all areas except for his criticism.

God didn't ask to be prayed or worshiped at church, we did.

God is a force that guides us to our decisions.

And if you believe in God, I think She doesn't work that way either.

I don't know why so many of our ideals were stamped out like cigarette butts when we believed in them so furiously. Perhaps we were not furious enough.

Qué grande era el sol en el cielo, o a mí me lo parecía. Y cuando salió la carroza blanca, arrastrada por caballos blancos y pajes vestidos de blanco, algo se rompió en mí o en el mundo. De pronto no creí en nada de cuanto me habían dicho: todo era una mentira más de los Gigantes; porque allí mismo, del blanco casi cegador, se alzó él ante mis ojos —y supe que era sólo ante mis ojos, un adiós sólo mío—

One has to fabricate their own world, we must create the steps that will move us forward, that will pull us out of the well. Let's invent life, because it ends up becoming the truth.

Se piensa a veces en la muerte. Tal vez se piensa siempre en la muerte y no se cree que pueda ser tan breve, tan simple, tan rotunda.

The cultures of indigenous people of California," Anderson explained, "are rooted in a belief that nature has an inherent ability to renew itself, to cause the return of geese, the re-growth of the plants, the germination of next year's crop of wildflowers.

Don't ever lose hope because better days will come.

When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.

The impotence of God is infinite.

There is a certain impertinance in allowing oneself to be burned for an opinion.

To die for an idea is to place a pretty high price on conjecture.

To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?

Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.

He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and his pretension itself is a very great prejudice.

But I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.

think Him limited, even very limited. I no longer believe Him to be the only God. For a long time He did not believe it Himself; in the beginning He was a polytheist; later, His pride and the flattery of His worshippers made Him a monotheist. His ideas have little connection; He is less powerful than He is thought to be. And, to speak candidly, He is not so much a god as a vain and ignorant demiurge.

To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.

Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.

Creíase bienquisto entre los congregados habituales de Valcombe, y no erraba del todo al suponerlo.