Quotes About Belief

I don't believe in any form of unjustified extremism! But when a man is exercising extremism -- a human being is exercising extremism -- in defense of liberty for human beings it's no vice, and when one is moderate in the pursuit of justice for human beings I say he is a sinner.

Apollo said that everyone's true worship was that which he found in use in the place where he chanced to be.

No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.

self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.

When the interests of mankind are at stake, they will obey with joy the man whom they believe to be wiser than themselves.

Once the buttons are undone, you know how it'll all end. It's all in the game, there are no miracles.

Lovers torn apart, nothing but mindless drones enslaved The cruelty makes me question just what I believed Brothers mourn their part, our hopes became so depraved This corruption makes me question just what I've conceived

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.

Lo que yo puedo hacer no es sino insignificante. Si puedo hacerlo yo, cualquiera puede hacerlo.

This life with his grandson was about all he could manage. And for that he needed to be flexible, in mind and body, with the courage to doubt what he had believed for over a century.

Deizm, Allah'a imans?zl?k de?il, yozla?t?r?lm?? dinsel ya?ant?dan uzak kalmakt?r. Allah'a iman? tehlikeye at?p ateist olmaktansa, ibadetleri terk edip Allah'a iman? korumak yani deist olmak elbette ye?dir.

Deizm, laikli?in bir tür felsefesidir.

Any man who is not a communist at the age of 20 is a fool.

It's not easy to live every moment wholly aware of death. It's like trying to stare the sun in the face: you can stand only so much of it. Because we cannot live frozen in fear, we generate methods to soften death's terror. We project ourselves into the future through our children; we grow rich, famous, ever larger; we develop compulsive protective rituals; or we embrace an impregnable belief in an ultimate rescuer.

I don't let any personal views about religion cause me to want to take away something that's offering the patient comfort. I never want to take away something when I don't have anything better to offer him in a way.

I think my quarry is illusion. I war against magic. I believe that, though illusion often cheers and comforts, it ultimately and invariably weakens and constricts the spirit.

The creative members of an orthodoxy, any orthodoxy, ultimately outgrow their disciplines.

Wrong faith. Wrong purpose. You can't light a fire on logs soaked with urine.

Sociologists have a theory of the looking-glass self: you become what the most important person in your life (wife, father, boss, etc.) thinks you are. How would my life change if I truly believed the Bible's astounding words about God's love for me, if I looked in the mirror and saw what God sees?

Some who attempt prayer never have the sense of anyone listening on the other end. They blame themselves for doing it wrong.... Prayer requires the faith to believe that God listens.

A faithful person sees life from the perspective of trust, not fear. Bedrock faith allows me to believe that, despite the chaos of the present moment, God does reign; that regardless of how worthless I may feel, I truly matter to a God of love; that no pain lasts forever and no evil triumphs in the end. Faith sees even the darkest deed of all history, the death of God's Son, as a necessary prelude to the brightest.

?üphen varsa, söyle gitsin!

If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.