Quotes About Belief

You can't rid of yourself suspicion that easily; once it appears it exists independently; and then it takes over, and the person has no control over it.

When you tell the truth, they don't believe you. And it was easier to tell the truth.

all revelation which does not give hope is useless and superfluous.

Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry!

Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.

Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to," he replied. "And you've just got too much common sense.

It does seem ... a basic attitude of humankind, this irrational belief in the effectiveness of one's own actions.

I refuse to listen to the insidious arguments of the skiers, who are constantly trying to persuade me to abandon the kayaks. I trust my kayaks and will not give in. I have reminded my companions of my unswerving conviction on more than one occasion.

I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him?

Actors are superstitious about beggars, perhaps because we're largely in the same line.

Ethnographer Clifford Geertz says: "Believing, with Max Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs."93

the number of children and adults tortured in the name of mainstream religious orthodoxy historically outweighs onslaught by Satanists

When there is abuse by itself it's scary enough. When there is abuse within a religious setting it is so terrifying to people... nobody can bear it when it's linked to religion, but when it's linked to religion that is not mainstream it seems to frighten people more. As if yes, abuse exists, Satanism exists, but you can't have Satanist abuse.

While professionals and patients can be blamed for 'believing' in an illness or having one, patients also report problems when they are believed. Some professionals, they commented, have worryingly simplistic ideas of 'integration'. Ignoring the separately named alters in effect offers a psychic death sentence rather than aiding integration. If anything it can create a compliant false-self 'main person' who answers to [his or] her name and keeps all other 'states' in silent terror internally.

We humans are prone to err, and to err systematically, outrageously, and with utter confidence. We are also prone to hold our mistaken notions dear, protecting and nourishing them like our own children. We defend them at great cost. We surround ourselves with safe people, people who will appreciate our cherished views. We avoid those who suggest that our exalted ideas, our little emperors, have no clothes.

The human tendency toward confirmatory thinking - all of us are bias to seek information that fits what we already believe.

The lengths to which Bible believers will go to defend violent and contradictory passages – wedding themselves at times to outright foolishness – suggest that biblical literalism is rooted in fear.

was sure that Charlie was wrong. "Anyone can see that Dad's smart and hardworking!" she said. "And he has so many friends! People still remember him from when he was a baseball star in college. Plenty of people will be glad to hire him!" Charlie shrugged.

Lo importante es lo que la gente quiere creer, y la gente tiene necesidad de creer, así como también de soñar.

Nadie puede decir con seguridad lo que es cierto y lo que no lo es. Lo que en realidad existe y lo que no. Por

No podemos contar con la ayuda de los dioses. Ellos no ayudan a los necios.

All my life I have preserved in the depths of my heart a live faith in my Creator, the Defender of the World, in His Sanctifying Grace and in the expiatory sacrifice of Christ our Saviour, but never have I agreed that true religion demands outward manifestations.

Y sin embargo al padre Tomasino le debo uno de mis momentos más espléndidos, efímero momento en que creí en la bondad del hombre, que es un perverso animal.

With the right thoughts, the right actions, and the right relationships, whatever divine dreams rest in your heart are possible.