Belief Quotes - Page 27

You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.

Hope is the belief we might get it done, and faith is the knowledge we will get it done.

Tomorrow's realities come from our beliefs today.

It is almost inevitable that our faith will be challenged. We may at times find ourselves surrounded by others and yet standing in the minority or even standing alone concerning what is acceptable and what is not. Do we have the moral courage to stand firm for our beliefs, even if by so doing we must stand alone?

In Deism our reason and our belief become happily united. The wonderful structure of the universe, and everything we behold in the system of the creation, prove to us, far better than books can do, the existence of a God, and at the same time proclaim His attributes.

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come.

That so many manage to accommodate belief systems encompassing both the natural and the supernatural is a testament not to the compatibility of science and religion but to the flexibility, in both the physical and metaphysical senses, of the human brain.

I would prefer to remain in prison for another 20 years than bargain my beliefs for freedom.

Irrational beliefs are culturally accepted delusions.

An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it.

Skepticism is a religion very rich in evangelists but very short on saviors.

There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesmen.

The skeptic has no illusions about life, nor a vain belief in the promise of immortality. Since this life here and now is all we can know, our most reasonable option is to live it fully.

Having faith, beliefs, and convictions is a great thing, but your life is measured by the actions you take based upon them.

Beliefs create behaviors, and the dysfunctional behaviors of the human race, observable everywhere every day, are the product of our non-workable beliefs. Chief among these is the belief in separation, which has arisen out of our ancient Separation Theologies. This is a way of looking at God that insists that we are "over here" and God is "over there."

Miracles seldom occur in the lives of those who do not consider them possible.

Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.

I have nothing to lose by standing up and following my beliefs. So I'll go to jail, so what? We have been in jail for years.

What else is belief but direction?

Belief, hard work, love–you have those things, you can do anything.

Christianity was never meant to be a belief system, it’s meant to be an encounter with a person.

Whenever we hear an opinion and believe it, we make an agreement, and it becomes part of our belief system.

I would like to see the lack of demonization for those of us who stand on sincerely held religious beliefs. It's overdue. That's where you see the demonization of people who stand on their beliefs.

Belief fuels our decisions - even when we are not clearly aware of those beliefs.

We intend freedom and justice to conquer. Yes, we do have a creed and we wish others to share it. But it is not part of our policy to impose our beliefs by force or threat of force.