Quotes About Belief

Silly," Dax thought, "but the mere issuing of a command always inspires confidence. It doesn'tt matter whether it is a necessary command, or even a correct one.: Then , a little later, an afterthought came to him: "It inspires self-confidence even in the man who issues it.

Statistics are just a way for the mathematician to evangelize his faith.

I just think Texas and that whole Bible Belt section is so, like, corporate. And I don't agree with organized religion in that respect.

I have a really great relationship with God. I pray. I read the Bible.

The average Pakistani student is brought up on a mix of dogma and mythology that does not encourage respect for facts or empiricism.

The constant refrain of Islamizing a Muslim-majority country, coupled with the belief that this nation must always be in conflict with its largest neighbour because of religious differences, is in many ways at the heart of most of Pakistan's current problems.

Those who worship God for the hope of gaining, theyre not real worshippers, theyre merchants. Those who worship God out of fear (of punishment), theyre slaves. And those who worship God to be grateful towards their creator, they are the free people, and their worship is a real one.

Her only defence for shifting religious loyalties was that she was very spiritually inclined.

It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were brought into being by the different revelations.

The faith I was born into formed me.

The disciples of Jesus "found themselves thinking that if divine goodness were to manifest itself in human form, this (he) is how it would behave… he invited people to see differently instead of telling them what to do or believe…he located the authority of his teaching in his hearer's hearts, not in himself or God-as-removed.

I've obviously spent a lot of time thinking about myth and religion. I've also spent time with things like The Skeptical Inquirer magazine, and Carl Sagan's book The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark ; but while I was reading them, I was thinking, "Yes, yes, yes; but don't you need to maintain a core of solid, rock-hard belief to be an atheist in this world?" [ Laughter. ] I think what I really like is the idea of belief itself.

In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable.

Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them.

If your self-worth is based on anything other than your relationship with Christ, you are in big trouble.

You can choose to believe whatever you wish; just remember that your beliefs drive your behavior.

Your governing values should be important enough to you that you will invest your time, resources, and energy in making them a fundamental part of your life.

When you cross that chasm so that what you believe to be true merges into what is actually true, you have earned the right to inner peace.

The third natural law: Growth is the process of changing principles on your Belief Window.

The principle on the Belief Window has to change first or the behavior will never change.

Unless the belief changes, the behavior will not change.

There are events we can't control, but we believe we can. We waste time complaining about the weather, or futilely trying to control or manipulate spouses or employees or our children. Conversely, there are events we can control, but we believe we can't.

Apparently I am what is known as an Unreliable Narrator, though of course if you believe everything you're told you deserve whatever you get.

A man who plants a tree could never be called a pessimist.