Quotes About Belief

many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

Sólo porque sigas una fe en concreto, eso no significa que sea el camino correcto... quizás ninguna religión contenga toda al verdad del mundo. Quizá cada religión contenga fragmentos de la verdad y nosotros tengamos la responsabilidad de identificar esos fragmentos y volver a unirlos. Oromis

Quizá ninguna religión contenga toda la verdad del mundo. Quizá cada religión contenga fragmentos de la verdad y nosotros tengamos la responsabilidad de identificar esos fragmentos y volver a unirlos.

How am I supposed to know which religion is the true religion? he wondered. Just because someone follows a certain faith does not necessarily

When he asked Saphira about it, she said, It matters little to me, Eragon. Dragons have never believed in higher powers. Why should we when deer and other prey consider us to be a higher power? He laughed at that. Only do not ignore reality in order to comfort yourself, for once you do, you make it easy for others to deceive you.

Eragon, you are only a cripple if you consider yourself one.

You cannot help but be human, yet you do not have to be bound by what those around you believe.

Even gods do not endure forever.

you are ever faced with this choice, are you willing to die for what you believe in? For that is the only way you will deny him.

Perhaps no one religion contains all the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together. Or perhaps the elves are right and there are no gods. But how can I know for sure? - Pg 479 Brisingr

So the question becomes, if you are ever faced with this choice, are you willing to die for what you believe in? For that is the only way you will deny him.

No one thinks of himself as a villain, and few make decisions that they think are wrong. A person may dislike his choice, but he will stand by it, because even in the worst of circumstances, he belives that it was the best option available to him at the time. On it's own, being a decent person is no guarantee that you will act well. -Oromis (Eldest)

If you are ever faced with this choice, are you willing to die for what you believe in?

A place where we are responsible for our own actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and because it is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment. I won't tell you what to believe, Eragon. It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else's notions thrust upon you.

How am I supposed to know which religion is the true religion? he wondered. Just because someone follows a certain faith does not necessarily mean it is the right path.… Perhaps no one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together. Or perhaps the elves are right and there are no gods. But how can I know for sure?

You believe dragons are better than gods?

that you are able to suspend the functioning of your imagination—for it is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as most believe.

it is a better world. A place where we are responsible for our own actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and because it is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment. I won't tell you what to believe, Eragon. It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else's notions thrust upon you.

Do not become so attached to any one belief that you cannot see past it to another possibility.

That means both that you are exceptionally strong-willed and that you are able to suspend the functioning of your imagination—for it is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as most believe.

Because they believe it contains deep truths about life, the universe, and everything.

Ne cède jamais au désespoir car tout n'est pas perdu.

The real courage is living and suffering for what you believe in.

Aku percaya bahwa kau memercayai apa yang kau ucapkan, tapi bukan berarti kata-katamu benar - Glaedr