Quotes About Belief

As man imagines himself to be, so shall he be, and he is that which he imagines." So said Paracelsus in the fifteenth century. The idea of the power of the mind is not new, ladies and gentlemen. Good morning.

The children had their weekly school assembly in the same room. Each Friday morning, Mrs. Ponder set herself up in the sewing room with a cup of English Breakfast and a ginger-nut biscuit. The sound of the children singing floating down from the second floor of the building always made her weep. She'd never believed in God, except when she heard children singing.

her grandfather used to say, "Never spoil a good story with the facts.

she wasn't sure if she was even that enthusiastic a fan of God anymore. He seemed to have dropped the ball a long time ago. Appalling things happened to children, across the world, every single day. It was inexcusable.

Bisexuals are like agnostics, trying to have it both ways.

She was all-powerful when she knew without doubt that she was in the right. But how often did you know for sure that you were right? Hardly ever.

No paradigm shift could eliminate a good strong dose of Catholic guilt.

He wasn't falling for the lie, she could tell. He didn't need to believe it as badly as her parents did.

As man imagines himself to be, so shall he be, and he is that which he imagines." So said Paracelsus in the fifteenth century.

She'd never believed in God, except when she heard children singing.

What a load of crap, thought Frances, while simultaneously thinking, Please let it be true.

truth be told, if she ever had time to think about it, she wasn't sure if she was even that enthusiastic a fan of God anymore. He seemed to have dropped the ball a long time ago. If God had a supervisor, she would have sent off one of her famous letters of complaint a long time ago. "You have lost me as a customer.

Never spoil a good story with the facts.

When truth be told, if she ever had time to think about it, she wasn't sure if she was even that enthusiastic a fan of God anymore. He seemed to have dropped the ball a long time ago.

People have a habit of inventing fictions they will believe wholeheartedly in order to ignore the truth they cannot accept.

How do you invent a religion?" Evie asked. Will looked over the top of his spectacles. "You say, 'God told me the following,' and then wait for people to sign up.

When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay.

We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.

Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.

Is it not strange that mankind should so willingly battle for religion and so unwillingly live according to its precepts?

It is in most cases more difficult to make intelligent people believe that you are what you are not, than really to become what you would appear to be.

The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted.

There are people who can believe anything they wish. What lucky creatures!

It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.