Quotes About Belief

and it replaces for me what others call religion.

The theology you live out is much more important to your daily life than the theology you claim to believe.

Everything God does and everything God calls us to only make sense from the perspective of eternity. If there is no end to the story, believers are a bunch of fools who need to be pitied. There is no reason for what we have tried to do. But there is a final chapter! God has opened it up so that we could look in and then look back to our lives with understanding and hope.

If religion had any effect on his character at all, it made him more cruel and hateful.

Luck is merely an illusion, trusted by the ignorant and chased by the foolish

One whose path has taken a new turn is often initially disoriented. But as time passes, and the path continues steadily in its new direction, there is a tendency to believe that it will remain so forever, with no further turns.

It isn't my job to win . . . my job is simply to take the stand I think right, no matter how unpopular or hopeless or even ridiculous the cause looks, and to have the courage to act on my beliefs. No matter what the consequences turn out to be.

I think it's more likely that Master C'baoth is insane." It was possibly the first time Luke

Truth only exists for those who cling to it. Sosuke Aizen

Everyone in this world acknowledges as truth only what is convenient for them. They have no other way of living.

All living things believe in someone superior to them, and cannot live unless they blindly follow them. Then, the objects of their faith try to escape this crushing pressure by seeking another being that is more superior to them to believe in. And they, in turn, seek a stronger being still. That is how all kings are born. That is how... all gods are born. –Aizen

People have hope, because they cannot see death standing behind them.

Even if it doesn't alter or change the end result even in the slightest... making decisions based on convictions that you believe in... and walking your own path... has it's own merit and worth. There's something to be said for not having... even on regret.

People are able to hold onto hope, since death is that which cannot be seen.

People are all evil. In order to falsely believe yourself to be just You must inevitably falsely believe That someone else is more evil than you.

If you're afraid to lose, then get stronger. If you want to protect those you love…then do what you have to do to protect them. If the hollow inside you is so terrible…then get strong enough to crush it. Even if no one believes in you…stick out your chest and scream in defiance!! The Ichigo I know…is that kind of man!!

Don't think about it too hard. If your heart longs to be here…then your heart is here. If your heart is here…that is reason enough.

It's turning. If fate is a millstone… …we are the ones that make it turn. We believe that the crushing wheel… …is guided by an infallible power.

I recognized no obstacle to miraculous change but the incredulity of others. This was an idea that died hard, if it ever really died at all.

In valuing the image over the word, we fall victim to the image's appearance of full revelation. Whereas the word prompts suspicion and questioning, the image produces belief and devotion. It is in this sense that Gilroy sees a latent fascism in the contemporary elevation of the image. The image today signifies the possibility of a completely successful process of manipulation.

To create anything… is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic.

To create anything — whether a short story or a magazine profile or a film or a sitcom — is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic. These essays are about that magic — which is sometimes perilous, sometimes infectious, sometimes fragile, sometimes failed, sometimes infuriating, sometimes triumphant, and sometimes tragic. I went up there. I wrote. I tried to see.

What we think we lack determines what we will become in life.

Unpleasant feelings merely indicate that you are thinking something negative and believing it. Your