Quotes About Belief

Fluid dynamicists just did not believe them. They were not accustomed to experiments in the precise style of phase-transition physics.

Believers in chaos-and they sometimes call themselves believers, or converts, or evangelists-speculate about determinism and free will, about evolution, about the nature of conscious intelligence. They feel that they are turning back a trend in science toward reductionism, the analysis of systems in terms of their constituent parts: quarks, chromosomes, or neurons. They believe that they are looking for the whole.

Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition," Kuhn wrote.

In a quirk of political fate, Libchaber's own life was saved by the protection of a local chief of the Pétain secret police, a man whose fervent right-wing beliefs were matched only by his fervent antiracism. After the war, the ten-year–old boy returned the favor. He testified, only half-comprehending, before a war crimes commission, and his testimony saved the man.

Living in a world of white oppressors, blacks have no time for a neutral God.

Monotheism is but imperialism in religion.

Increase Mather, President of Harvard University, in his treatise on Remarkable Providences, insists that the smell of herbs alarms the Devil and that medicine expels him. Such beliefs have probably even now not wholly disappeared from among us.

was man, mortal bloody man, who created the myths.

Rivers had assumed this person was a fantasy, someone the twins had merely dreamt about or invented, but no, Josh had insisted he was real-real and living in Scotland.

Las cosas suelen resultar mejor de lo que uno espera.

VieÈ›ile noastre sunt modelate mai puÈ›in de experienÈ›a copil?riei propriu-zis?, cât de maniera în care am fost înv??aÈ›i s? ne-o imagin?m. Suntem mai puÈ›in traumatizaÈ›i (...) de întâmpl?rile copil?riei, cât de maniera traumatizant? în care ne amintim copil?ria.

A vedea este a crede - încredere în ceea ce vezi - È™i credinÈ›a se r?spândeÈ™te cu vitez? c?tre orice È™i oricine primeÈ™te atenÈ›ia celui care crede. Darul vederii în alÈ›ii este mai mare ca darul vederii în sine. Deoarece privirea care vede în alÈ›ii binecuvânteaz?; aduce munc? de transformare.

You see, they had to convince us that the earth was dead because otherwise they could not begin their autopsy in earnest.

The jewel has facets," said the Chinese, "and it is possible that many religions are moderately true.

I suppose the truth is that when it comes to believing things without actual evidence, we all incline to what we find most attractive.

The will of God or the lunacy of man—it seemed to him that you could take your choice, if you wanted a good enough reason for most things.

the will of man and the lunacy of God. It must be satisfying to be quite certain which way to look at it.

No matter what we've experienced in life, no matter what kind of trauma we've been through, no matter what bad decisions we've made, we survive, believing there are better days waiting for us.

life is what you make it. You're going to mess up sometimes. lovers, well, they'll come and go too. Some of them are going to break your heart. But you can't give up. Because you've got to believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will.

There comes a time in your life when the world is spinning out of control." Have faith in yourself, and never lose hope. Believe in you.

I Am who God called me to be.

Ask yourself these three questions. What do you hope for? What do you love? And how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?" Always remember you are worthy of all that you love and hope for.

Don't let the world make you hard. Don't let the pain make you hate. Don't let bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.

Ask yourself these three questions. What do you hope for? What do you love? And how far would you go to keep hope and love alive?" Always remember you are worthy of all that you love and hope for.