Quotes About Belief

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject.

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what language he shall speak.

I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.

Let Your Faith Be Bigger Than Your Fear!

Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover about his taste, nor condemn him, if we are just, for knowing so human a passion.

The need of exercise is a modern superstition, invented by people who ate too much and had nothing to think about.

To attempt to be religious without practicing a specific religion is as possible as attempting to speak without a specific language.

That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions.

Men have feverishly conceived a heaven only to find it insipid, and a hell to find it ridiculous.

O WORLD, thou choosest not the better part! It is not wisdom to be only wise,. And on the inward vision close the eyes,. But it is wisdom to believe the heart.

faith in the intellect...is the only faith yet sanctioned by its fruits

A picture you hold long enough in your head becomes your reality..

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular.

I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesn't eradicate the reality of the suffering. It's all true at once, kind of humming and sublime.

I'm finding, as I get older, that I'm not much of a believer in redemption. I mean, I believe in redemption in real life - redemption does happen, and it's cool when it does - but I find myself getting leery of my desire for it in stories (especially my own).

If you think that life has passed you by, or, even worse, that you are living someone else's life, you can still prove the experts wrong. T

I don't believe in social equality, and they know it.

But every day I go to work I'm making a bet that the universe is simple, symmetric, and aesthetically pleasing...

I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I can afford to do it, and I believe in it.

I recognize that I may be wrong. This makes me insecure. My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors. I do this on two levels. On the abstract level, I have turned the belief in my own fallibility into the cornerstone of an elaborate philosophy.

I believe in original sin … I know that I'm capable of craving a cold beer in a village of starving kids … I understand that selfishness vies for space in our hearts with compassion …

If a mistake occurs with regularity, it might well become the norm. If enough people believe and propagate the error, it could become gospel.

The truth is, you can find almost anything in the Bible to latch onto if you are really determined.