Quotes About Belief

Should statements based on the premise you are all-powerful assume that, like God, you are omnipotent and have the ability to control yourself and other people so as to achieve each and every goal. You

I told Marilyn that God told me, "David, if you believe in me, I'm going to be deeply disappointed." I replied, "Don't worry, big guy, I've got your back!

Jumping to Conclusions. This is where you jump to painful and upsetting conclusions that aren't really supported by the facts. There are two common versions of this distortion:

your thoughts create your feelings.

Make sure you believe in your rebuttal to self-criticism. This rational response can take into account what was illogical and erroneous about your self-critical automatic thought.

That is what cognitive distortions are: a highly misleading way of thinking about yourself and the world.

It's only a story, isn't it?... Who's to say what's only a story and what's truth disguised as a story?

Trust me. - Silk

There are things we know for certain. Oh? Name one. The sun's going to come up tomorrow morning. Why? It always has. Does that really mean that it always will? A faint look of consternation crossed her face. It will , won't it? Probably, but we can't be absolutely certain. Once you've decided that something's absolutely true, you've closed your mind on it, and a closed mind doesn't go anywhere. Question everything, Pol. That's what education's all about.

You're a cynic, Urgit accused. Silk shook his head. No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist.

If you'd just try, I'm sure you'd be able to fly.

most people need to believe in something. There are a few who don't, but they're a bit unusual.

Priests are pretty much the same the world over. They seem to feel that their exclusive contact with God gives them a certain job security.

Now there's something for you to think about. If you don't know that you can't do something, isn't there a remote possibility that you'll go ahead and do it anyway in absolute defiance of physical law? That might be one of the drawbacks of education. If you don't know that you can't pick yourself up by the scruff of the neck and hold yourself at arm's length, maybe you can.

As long as I know that my motives are good, however, I'm seldom very concerned with the opinions of others.

Torak's dead. Really? Aunt Pol said. Have you seen his grave? Have you opened the grave and seen his bones?

You'd think that the people who worshiped the real true God would have better sense.

For what place can be left for anything to happen at random so long as God controls everything in order? It is a true saying that nothing can come out of nothing.

Wise are you, indeed," the fox said, "to know what is not possible before you have made the attempt.

People prefer not to believe in that sort of thing. There's a whole catalogue of nasty little emotions curdling in the human spirit, and anything the least bit out of the ordinary raises the possibility of retribution.

In your view, evil's no more than a disagreement about the way things are supposed to be.

Do you think that praying in a loud voice and pounding your head on the ground will keep him from seeing into your heart?

You'd think that the people who worshiped the real true God would have better sense.' ~Althalus

Sin el conocimiento de Dios por parte de quienes adoran, sin una fe activa, sin reverencia, sin gratitud en el adorador, incluso las mejores formas de adoración simplemente caen por su propio peso.