Quotes About Beliefs

Most people are living on an illusion based on someone else's beliefs.

There are a lot of movies that are unbelievable successes that I would be mortified to be a part of.

Values aren't buses... They're not supposed to get you anywhere. They're supposed to define who you are.

I do know a lot about Scientology. And I know about the practices. I know all about what the technology is and all that kind of stuff. It's very helpful.

Some people do horrible things because of their beliefs, and some people choose beliefs that let them do horrible things.

His was the sceptical boredom of a whole generation, no longer the romantic ennui of a Werther or a Rene lamenting the passing of old beliefs, but the boredom of the new doubting heroes, the young chemists who angrily proclaim the world intolerable because they have not immediately found life at the bottom of their test tubes.

Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.

Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things:

Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things. Death

Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions

Philosophy's purpose is to illuminate the ways our soul has been infected by unsound beliefs, untrained tumultuous desires, and dubious life choices and preferences that are unworthy of us. Self-scrutiny applied with kindness is the main antidote.

People are not disturbed by things themselves, but by the views they take of those things.

The passion for proselytizing and the passion for world dominion are both perhaps symptoms of some serious deficiency at the center.

Our conscious motivations, ideas, and beliefs are a blend of false information, biases, irrational passions, rationalizations, prejudices, in which morsels of truth swim around and give the reassurance, albeit false, that the whole mixture is real and true. The thinking processes attempt to organize this whole cesspool of illusions according to the laws of plausibility. This level of consciousness is supposed to reflect reality; it is the map we use for organizing our life.

The value judgments we make determine our actions, and upon their validity rests our mental health and happiness.

Our conscious motivations, ideas, and beliefs are a blend of false information, biases, irrational passions, rationalizations, prejudices, in which morsels of truth swim around and give the reassurance, albeit false, that the whole mixture is real and true. The thinking process attempts to organize this whole cesspool of illusions according to the laws of logic and plausibility.

What a stupid attitude we have in this country to personal stories.

People tend to hold a lot of superstitions when it comes to old graveyards

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

On exagère trop souvent sur l'influence des religions sur les peuples, tandis qu'on néglige à l'inverse l'influence des peuples sur les religions.

Kansan sisin on sen kirjallisuudessa. Siinä se paljastaa intohimonsa, toiveensa, haaveensa, turhaumansa, uskomuksensa, maailmankatsomuksensa ja näkemyksensä itsestä ja muista, myös meistä itsestämme.

La intimidad de un pueblo es su literatura. En ella quedan desveladas sus pasiones, sus aspiraciones, sus sueños, sus frustraciones, sus creencias, su visión del mundo que los rodea, su percepción de sí mismos y de los demás, incluida las que tienen ellos de nosotros.

Was this how a mutiny was sparked? In a moment of heedlessness, so that one became a stranger to the person one had been a moment before? Or was it the other way around? That this was when one recognized the stranger that one had always been to oneself; that all one's loyalties and beliefs had been misplaced?

Creeds, like other goods, pass by inheritance to descendants.