Belief Quotes - Page 35

Being alone when one's belief is firm, is not to be alone.

Never answer a critic, unless he's right.

Friendship of a kind that cannot easily be reversed tomorrow must have its roots in common interests and shared beliefs.

It is folly to imagine that the aggressive types, whether individuals or nations, can be bought off ... since the payment of danegeld stimulates a demand for more danegeld. But they can be curbed. Their very belief in force makes them more susceptible to the deterrent effect of a formidable opposing force.

Honesty is the cornerstone of character.

When I believe in nothing, I do not want to meet you when you believe in nothing.

He who does not know how to believe, should not know.

Not believing has a sickness which is believing a little.

Any positive thinker is compelled to see everything in the light of his own convictions.

Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may be just as irrational but which are shared by millions are called world religions.

If you don't have solid beliefs, you cannot build a stable life. Beliefs are like the foundation of a building, and they are the foundation to build your life upon.

I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck.

There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women or that men are more willing to surrender their irrational beliefs. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.

The opinion prevailed among advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly by knowledge; belief that did not itself rest on knowledge was superstition, and as such had to be opposed.

I have always detested the belief that sex is the chief bond between man and woman. Friendship is far more human.

Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.

Never stop paying attention to things. Never make your mind up finally. Do not hold beliefs.

They hadn't much faith in travel, nor a great belief in a change of scene as a panacea for spiritual ills; they were simply glad to be going.

Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.

If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.

An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various and complex circumstances of our life.

What the whole community comes to believe in grasps the individual as in a vise.

Our beliefs are really rules for action.

Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions.

Creation is too grand, complex, and mysterious to be captured in a narrow creed. That is why we cherish individual freedom of belief.