Quotes About Beliefs

Humility applied to convictions does not mean believing things any less; it means treating those who hold contrary beliefs with respect and friendship.

The mind is a faculty, and a magnificent one at that. But the heart is the dwelling place of our true beliefs.

the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe–the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

As commonly practised, philosophy is the attempt to find good reasons for conventional beliefs' 'There is no mechanism of selection in the history of ideas akin to that of the natural selection of genetic mutations in evolution' 'Human knowledge is one thing, human well-being is another.There is no predetermined harmony between the two' 'In the struggle for life, the taste for truth is a luxury-or else a disability

As commonly practiced, philosophy is the attempt to find good reasons for conventional beliefs.

We had never had a pet—my grandmother thought that people who kept pets were engaged in the basest form of self-mockery, intentionally putting themselves on a level with animals.

Whereas she wished more of the population were better educated, she also believed that education was largely wasted on the majority of people she had met.

self-critical thinkers are better at figuring out the contradictory dynamics of evolving situations, more circumspect about their forecasting prowess, more accurate in recalling mistakes, less prone to rationalize those mistakes, more likely to update their beliefs in a timely fashion, and—as a cumulative result of these advantages—better positioned to affix realistic probabilities

Too many physicians continued their adherence to grand philosophical systems

Science is at all times potentially revolutionary; any new answer to a seemingly mundane question about "how" something occurs may uncover chains of causation that throw all preceding order into disarray and that threaten religious beliefs as well.

Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.

I felt strong around and always been around people who have very strong environmental convictions.

Convictions are not merely beliefs we hold; they are those beliefs that hold us in their grip.

I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.

Leaders are the custodians of a nation's ideals, of the beliefs it cherishes, of its permanent hopes, of the faith which makes a nation out of a mere aggregation of individuals.

The Cat was a creature of absolute convictions, and his faith in his deductions never varied.

I'm speaking of the ability of people of faith to freely express their beliefs in the public square.

What I would say to a person who is firm in their faith and wants to go into an acting career: It is such a difficult thing to do without compromising your beliefs.

I have no faith in the sense of comforting beliefs which persuade me that all my troubles are blessings in disguise.

We all have faith in something: usually a mixture of some personal beliefs with modern science. I am not like that. Mostly I just believe in what personally has worked for me.

Coffee is not as necessary to ministers of the reformed faith as to Catholic priests. The latter are not allowed to marry, and coffee is said to induce chastity.

People of faith should be able to have confidence in their right to freely express and live their beliefs.

For many of us, our values come from our faith.