Quotes About Belief

There are two parts to the human dilemma. One is the belief that the end justifies the means. That push-button philosophy, that deliberate deafness to suffering, has become the monster in the war machine. The other is the betrayal of the human spirit: the assertion of dogma that closes the mind, and turns a nation, a civilization, into a regiment of ghosts--obedient ghosts or tortured ghosts.

to terrify children with hell is that good for the world

Each person has his or her own Bible.

The proud monuments of liberty knew that… governments were only concerned about the actions and conduct of man, and not his speculative notions. Who among us feels himself so exalted above his fellows, as to have a right to dictate to them their mode of belief?

I would prefer to believe that a market in fetal organs would empower women to use their reproductive capabilities to their own economic advantage.

Knowledge requires that what we believe is true and that we can justify our belief that it is true. In this way, the pursuit of knowledge resembles the work of police detectives: it's not enough to get the right man, you also must have the evidence.

Do not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself.

Un candado no puede ser abierto dos veces. Lo que se considera retorno no es tal. Nunca hay retorno. Hay avance o cambio. Lo que se piensa que es caída no lo es; el único que cae o que cree caer es el pensamiento de caer, nunca el ser.

If you thought better of me, you would not be so surprised

It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death.

Il est toujours fort difficile de dire à quel moment une crainte s'est transformée en certitude et quelle mince donnée supplémentaire a changé la face des choses. On se sentait encore soutenu par un petit souffle d'espérance, dont on ne s'avouait pas le progressif affaiblissement. Et puis, passé un certain cap, on s'aperçoit qu'il n'est plus là et que l'on s'en doutait depuis un bon moment.

Denying God is admiting your ignorance.

Denying God is the greatest sign of ungratefulness.

He who fears the Lord, has nothing to fear.

You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.

When has the majority ever been right? Sure they're convinced—because they don't think things through. Humanity has survived a lot of dooms.

But if you see something that no one else sees, I can only tell you this: Believe what you see. And if it is the unseen that speaks to you, believe that too.

No one should give up a dream without giving it a chance to come true.

For God so loved the world, their father would say, he gave his only begotten son. But what about his daughters, I wondered. What did God do with his daughters?

Some people don't believe that you can meet a person and know that's the person for you for the rest of your life. I'm not going to try to argue with them on that. I know what I know.

If someone had taken that book out of my hand said, You're too old for this maybe I'd never have believed that someone who looked like me could be in the pages of the book that someone who looked like me had a story.

Back then, we still all believed in happy endings. None of us knew yet how many endings and beginnings one story could have.

I would never trust her. Not one hundred percent. Not the way some people can trust their mothers.

But she didn't believe in God. Or Jesus. Or Satan. Or prayer. I believe in words, she said. I believe in numbers and all the history I understand. I believe in things I can see. When he was a little boy she used to hug him and say, And man-oh-man how I believe in you, Aubrey. My love. My light. My life.