Quotes About Beliefs

Christianity brought completely new rituals, beliefs and rules of conduct, such as baptism, church services, bell-ringing, burial in consecrated churchyards without grave-goods, a belief in one God (or the Trinity), very strict regulations about marriage between relatives, while exposing unwanted children, eating horseflesh and worshipping the old gods were prohibited.

The only way that we can change our feelings is by changing our core beliefs and the thoughts that occupy our minds.

Freedom can be manifested only in the void of beliefs, in the absence of axioms, and only where the laws have no more authority than a hypothesis.

We have convictions only if we have studied nothing thoroughly.

Tolerance cannot seduce the young.

Nos conceptions politiques nous sont dictées par notre sentiment ou notre vision du temps.

Religiile, ca ÅŸi ideologiile care le-au moÅŸtenit viciile, nu sunt decât cruciade împotriva umorului.

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Man cannot become attached to higher aims and submit to a rule if he sees nothing above him to which he belongs. To free him from all social pressure is to abandon him to himself and demoralize him.

It is society which, fashioning us in its image, fills us with religious, political and moral beliefs that control our actions.

The most barbarous and the most fantastic rites and the strangest myths translate some human need, some aspect of life, either individual or social.

The totality of beliefs and sentiments common to the average members of a society forms a determinate system with a life of its own. It can be termed the collective or creative consciousness.

Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses.

The root principle which, by its constant recurrence in slightly different forms, binds together, like an operatic leitmotif, the most diverse material, is that if we would maintain the value of our highest beliefs and emotions, we must find for them a congruous origin.

A man whose business it is to cook for all comers can have no political opinions.

The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.

Always, there must be free will. It is not for us to impose our beliefs on others or to endeavor to persuade one to the practices of our faith. We do not seek those who need our help. Rather, they must seek us and request our assistance. —Esmée Roussel, the Dress Witch" Davis, Barbara. The Keeper of Happy Endings

Existence is based on a subtle cooperation of energy that is multilayered and multidimensional in scope, and fully alive with a symbolism that reflects your beliefs and expectations of life. Your perceptions develop and mature according to your ability to grasp the interactive world of symbols and to interpret these symbols based on the stimuli and the sensations you experience. In other words, the meaning you assign to an event determines the outcome you experience.

The power of illustrative anecdotes often lies not in how well they present reality, but in how well they reflect the core beliefs of their audience.

When money and comfort are absent, other more fundamental aspects take on greater importance. Traditions, rules, taboos.

What do I need to have in my life to feel deeply satisfied? What do I know in my heart is keeping me from feeling satisfied and successful? What situations, relationships, beliefs, attitudes, thoughts, feelings, and choices have I made that are no longer serving me? If I had a year to live, where would I be? Who would I be with? What would I be doing?

Preconceived, fixed notions can be more damaging than cannon.

I won't leave forks in the dish rack overnight because I believe that the tines attract demonic energy.

The idea so prevalent that man without woman, or woman without man, is an imperfect being, was the cause of the great repugnance with which the Jews and other nations of the East regarded celibacy.