Quotes About Belief

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt, but I would most certainly give the lie to anyone asserting before me that I was dead.

For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.

Man is a free agent; but he is not free if he does not believe it, for the more power he attributes to Destiny, the more he deprives himself of the power which God granted him when he gave him reason.

The story she had told me was possible, but it was not believable.

faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.

Men are wretched by necessity, and determined to believe themselves wretched by accident.

La verità, che una cosa sia buona, che un'altra sia cattiva, vale a dire il bene e il male, si credono naturalmente assoluti, e non sono altro che relativi. Quest'è una fonte immensa di errori e volgari e filosofici.

Illusions cannot be condemned, despised, and persecuted save by those who are deluded and by those who believe that this world is or truly can be something, and something beautiful. An utterly crucial illusion, and so the half-philosopher combats illusions precisely because he is deluded; the true philosopher loves them and proclaims them because he is not deluded, and combating illusions in general is the surest sign of very imperfect and insufficient wisdom, and notable illusion.

Les hommes, qui sont malheureux par essence, veulent croire qu'ils le sont par accident.

Then from anguish, wishing to cry out and trembling, eyes full of doleful tears, I tore myself from sleep. But in my mind remained his vivid image. And in the uncertain ray of sunshine, I believed I saw him still.

My family truly believes they are better cooks than I am. They see me as Giada, not as a celebrity chef. To them I'm just me - their granddaughter, niece, etc., and they're older and wiser. I like that because it keeps you grounded.

Jamás existió en el mundo nación de ateos, pues empezaron todas con alguna religión, y las religiones, sin salvedad, echaron su raigambre en aquel deseo, naturalmente común a los hombres, de vivir eternamente: y este universal deseo de la naturaleza humana nace de un común sentido, celado en la hondura de la mente humana, según el cual los ánimos de los hombres son inmortales.

I'm interested in spirituality and in religion and our relationship to the divine.

Nel paese della bugia, la verità è una malattia.

Thanks to God, I'm an atheist.

Forse questa è filosofia a buon mercato, ma io credo che certi lavori dovrebbero essere fatti da quelli che non si sentono adatti [...]. Sentirsi un po' fuori posto aiuta, rende più vigili.

Il complottismo è un campo elettivo per queste agenzie. Esse offrono a buon mercato un prodotto allettante: spiegazioni dei fatti che liberano dall'onere di pensare e che al tempo stesso danno la gratificante sensazione di essere parte di un ristretto nucleo di persone che hanno davvero capito. [...] L'interpretazione critica è per i cittadini, il complottismo è per i sudditi.

Anything is doable, when you believe in a God who is able to do what cannot be done, according to a human mind.

Be still, for God remains the same. Even when you are not strong. He still reigns supreme. He will give you strength.

God can do above and beyond what a mind can ever conceive.

God can enable you to do what is deemed impossible, because He can turn impossibilities into possibilities.

God does not have to prove Himself to anyone, but He still does anyway. Through Creation, God has proven over and over again, that He is so great.

God is able to do what is beyond human expectation.