Quotes About Belief

Regarding thou mayest: And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold onto this illusion, even though he knows it's not true.

I know three things will never be believed - the true, the probable, and the logical

There are people who will say that this whole account is a lie, but a thing isn't necessarily a lie even if it didn't necessarily happen.

They looked at one another, amazed. This thing they had never really believed in was coming true.

In our time mass or collective production has entered our economics, our politics, even our religion, so that some nations have substituted the idea collective for the idea God. This in my time is the danger. There is great tension in the world, tension toward a breaking point, and men are unhappy and confused. At such a time it seems natural and good to me to ask myself these questions. What do I believe in? What must I fight for and what must I fight against?

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie

The proofs that God does not exist are very strong, but in lots of people they are not as strong as the feeling that He does.

Ghosts could walk freely tonight, without fear of the disbelief of men; for this night was haunted, and it would be an insensitive man who did not know it.

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable... The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.

Sure I got sins. Ever'body got sins. A sin is somepin you ain't sure about. Them people that's sure about ever'thing an' ain't got no sin-- well, with that kind a son-of-a-bitch, if I was God I'd kick their ass right outa heaven! I couldn' stand 'em!

Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It's just in their head.

At such a time it seems natural and good to me to ask myself these questions. What do I believe in? What must I fight for and what must I fight against?

A little hope, even hopeless hope, never hurt anybody.

If there is no God, no devil, no heaven, no hell then therefore there are no rules.

He's got a can up there,' Richard said.

Do you believe that a man in need can call soundlessly to another? Perhaps, my lord. It has happened to me that thinking of a friend and meeting him are connected. But does thinking draw him or his coming draw the thought?

It was a matter of some sorrow to Fauna that she didn't entirely believe in astrology, but she had found that nearly everyone wants to believe that the stars take notice of us.

They fell into a silence. They looked at one another, amazed. This thing they had never really believed in was coming true.

The ancients placed love and war in the hands of closely related gods.

I am grieved at what you tell me, said Pellinore, but I believe that God can change destiny. I must have faith in that.

Strange things happened to them . . . some bitterly cruel and some so beautiful that faith is refired forever.

The lore has not died out of the world, and you will still find people who believe that soup will cure any hurt or illness and is no bad thing to have for the funeral either.

Look out for luck. You can't trus' luck.