Quotes About Belief

What is believed in one man's time, is despised in another man's day. To be sure, there will even be revulsion in some future years at things you hardly notice, that are happening in what is known to you as the present.

There are times in history where a particular doctrine becomes a symbol of a greater problem.

The wisdom of God's Word is quite clear on believers being unequally yoked. And marrying someone who is not a Christian - who is not a daily disciple of Christ - is being unequally yoked, regardless of what their beliefs might be.

Surprise is a major factor in distinguishing an answer to prayer from a projection of my own mental processes. When I can't believe I made up the answer myself, I have to look around to see where it came from.

I'm interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.

Just watch Snow White. Just visit Disneyland or Walt Disney World in Florida—he was laying the plans for the Florida park while he was on his death bed. People kept telling him his dreams were impossible. Walt knew better. He had wished upon a star.

Art is a way of knowing what it is we actually believe.

Then you will have to trust me. Beyond logic, beyond reason, beyond hope, trust me.

The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield. Evil prefers it when people don't believe.

It's easier to dismiss ghosts in the daylight.

Some truths are truths, no matter who says them.

It's easier to dismiss ghosts in the daylight.

Some people will tell you werewolves can only shapechange under a full moon, but people also say there's no such things as ghosts.

I was too busy fighting the river to worry about adjusting my beliefs in accordance to reality.

Just as I've always known there are monsters in the world, monsters and things even more evil, I've always known that it is God who keeps evil at bay.

Americans in particular are oddly innocent in their faith that science holds explanations for everything.

Reincarnation?" He shrugged. "I've never seen any evidence that it's real. But I've never seen anything that disproves it either. I believe the afterlife is better than what we have here—and it would take something extraordinary to make someone willing to come back.

If fourteen people believe they were Cleopatra in a former life, does that mean that Cleopatra had split personality disorder?

I don't wear a cross. As a child, I'd had a bad experience with one. Besides, a crucifix was the instrument of Our Lord's death- I don't know why people think a torture device should be a symbol of Christ. Christ was a willing sacrifice, a lamb, not a cross for us to hang ourselves on; or at least that's my interpretation. Maybe other people think of religion and God differently than I do.

Fewer people die when you are around. These are the facts. Being upset about them don't make them false.

Dear God...Please don't let me end up in a wheelchair again. No broken bones would be a happy bonus, but I'm not expecting you to make up for my stupidity quite so completely...Whatever happens, you don't let that vampire make it out of here still moving. If he wins, it will be bad news. Any help you can give us will be appreciated. Amen.

He knew that Wiccans consider themselves witches—and some of them had enough witchblood to make it so. But witches, the real thing, weren't witches because of what they believed, but because of genetic heritage.

My grandfather always said that if you don't argue, you can't be proved wrong.

The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.