Quotes About Belief

can trust God so easily with one thing, but five minutes later something else has me anxious and worried. I've learned I have to ask myself in every situation if I believe God loves me. If the answer is yes, then I have to choose to trust him. It's a daily decision.

People believe what they want to believe. They also believe what people in leadership tell them.

I have come to believe that most people, seeing life from their own perspective, think they are doing the very best thing they can. Others, including myself, may think they have the ability to see things more clearly, and maybe we can, but a person can only act from their own perceptions. I find myself more able to find understanding and acceptance

But it is just when opinions universally prevail and we have added lip service to their authority that we become sometimes most keenly conscious that we do not believe a word that we are saying.

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

L'important, c'est de ne jamais désespérer.

You still often hear people say, "Prostitutes reduce the number of rapes," as if males couldn't control themselves, as if they had to unload themselves somewhere. They would have us believe this is a natural -- instinctual -- fact and not the created political belief it is.

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.

Los motivos de crítica o de rechazo de la fe se presentan siempre, obviamente, como algo objetivo, cuando -para quien conoce los intríngulis del corazón humano- son demasiado a menudo el grito ansioso de la subjetividad de personas que sufren.

La passione è uno strumento di difesa della ragione. Perché non basta avere ragione: bisogna anche, appassionatamente, difenderla.

religion does not consist of doctrines or dogmas. It is not what you read nor what dogmas you believe that is of importance, but what you realize. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God," yea, in this life. And that is salvation

the Vedanta says, a man who does not believe in himself is an atheist. Not believing

We see then, in the study of Raja Yoga no faith or belief is necessary. Believe nothing until you find it out for yourself—that is what it teaches us. For, truth requires no prop to make it stand.

Marcus was depressingly certain that there wasn't a Dubious Person within a thousand miles.

That's very kind of you," she said bitterly, for she no longer believed in kindness. "And you're willing to do this...why? Because you're fond of helping others?" "I'm fond of revenge," the dragon answered.

It's a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.

The mind arises there and then where and when an ability of making the probabilty-believabilty choice arises.

The mind arises there and then where and when an ability of making the probability-believability choice arises.

I had just vividly demonstrated to myself what a tremendous force faith is, and how easy it is to awaken. You just need to know a little bit more than the ones who are supposed to believe. Then it's easy to work miracles.

Rien n'est vrai, tout est permis. Et nous qui tenons entre nos mains tous les fils du rouage, nous, nous conserverons nos dernières pensées pour nous.

tereddüt içinde bocalamak ve ebedi bir aray?? içinde olmaktansa, sa?lam bir dala tutunmay? tercih etmi?lerdi. Sadece cahil halk de?il, okumu? ve bilgili ki?iler de ula??labilen bir yalan?, ula??lamaz bir gerçe?e ye? tutuyorlard?.

Kitleler her zaman böyledir. Belirsizlikten her zaman korkarlar, bu yüzden aç?k bir yalan? ula??lmaz gerçeklere ye? tutarlar.

The roots of modern religion are deeply embedded in the social oppression of the working masses.

Ésa es la trampa esencial, aplicar la muerte a los otros por una prórroga perpetua y un aplazamiento. Y eso está justificado por la necesidad de la existencia. Supone perpetuamente este engaño. "Sé que moriré, pero no les creo", dice Jacques Madaule.