Quotes About Belief

Too much hope could make it harder to accept reality when the time came.

Surely, even in a world apparently turned enthusiastically relativistic in nearly all matters of belief and conviction, at least this single principle of physiological, if not moral, certainty still held true. There were men and there were women, and there were straights and there were gays. And that was that.

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." —Verbal Kint The Usual Suspects

I think if you just look at life in a positive way, positive things will happen.

I'm not going to be in a relationship that I don't fully trust.

I am sure because I am confident in the idea of the United States of America. I believe that the combination of checks and balances and a free press and our democratically elected representatives will expose charlatans. I believe in the good sense of the American people, and I know in my soul that truth will win out.

I'll be all right," Drift whispered. She leaned forward and pulled Rook into a quick, tight hug before letting go. "So will you. But you're going to have to trust." "Trust what?" Rook asked, misery welling up inside her. Drift was asking the impossible. "I trust you. I trust Fox. Isn't that enough?" "No," Drift said. "You have to trust yourself and try to give this world a chance.

I was afraid of the dead, as was everyone I knew. We were afraid of the dead because we never could tell when they might show up again.

Mariah did not seem to notice what she had in common with the other diners, or what I had in common with the waiters. She acted in her usual way, which was that the world was round and we all agreed on that, when I knew that the world was flat and if I went to the edge I would fall off.

Opinions, opinions, the King once said, what would the world cherish most, if not for my opinions?"

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions.

It was not reason but rather custom that was, Hume claimed, 'the guide of life' (T 652).

Worries about the reliability of the understanding arose only when Hume realized that, properly speaking, we have no idea at all what we are talking about when we call one thing the cause of another. We come to believe that one thing is the cause of another when the two things in question have presented themselves in our experience in a particular way.

T]he minds of men are mirrors to one another' (T 365), Hume remarked, and just as mirrors are not in control of the reflections they give, so also our feelings, and beliefs, cannot help but be impinged upon by the feelings and beliefs of those around us.

A grim pattern is visible in history: When religion is the ruling force in a society, it produces horror. The stronger the supernatural beliefs, the worse the inhumanity. A culture dominated by intense faith invariably is cruel to people who don't share the faith--and sometimes to many who do.

Ayer may be considered a practical atheist: one who sees no reason to worship an invisible deity.

All stories are true. But some of them never happened.

Power, true power, comes from the belief in true things, and the willingness to stand behind that belief, even if the universe itself conspires to thwart your plans. Chaos may settle; flames may die; worlds may rise and fall. But true things will remain so, and will never fail to guide you to your goals.

Your ability to shape your destiny is directly proportional to your belief that it is a matter of will and determination--however much or little that belief may be.

Always, always ask for what you want. Because the Universe might surprise you — and give it to you.

Prayers aren't for the deity...They're for you, to recommit yourself to what you believe.

We just each believe what we're able

I believe nothing. Nothing whatever.