Best 4234 quotes in «belief quotes» category

I cannot say for certain that God does not exist; I think the worst thing that can be said about him is that he's a bit of an underachiever.

I cant see any great evidence that humans have any ability to access anything other than the material world. Beyond that, who knows, but theres no good evidence that would take me to any particular belief.

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

I darted a contemptuous look at the stately models of superstition.

I decline Christianity because it is Jewish, because it is international, and because, in cowardly fashion, it preaches Peace on Earth.

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.

Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.

I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from.

I do have a residual belief that, if at all possible, you should try not to mock the weak.

I do not believe in doing for pleasure things I do not like to do.

I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being.

I don't affiliate myself with any specific religious group. I connect to different ritualistic aspects of different belief systems, and I see the connecting thread between all religious beliefs.

I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them. My philosophy is to stay as close as possible to what's happening. If I can't solve something, how the hell can I expect my managers to.

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

I don't believe in the landscape.

I don't believe anything. I only know some things to a greater degree of certainty than others.

I don't bill myself as an atheist but as a naturalist. Naturalism is a belief system. A lot of scientists bristle at that. We all have to believe we can find the truth. Evidence is my guide. I rely on observation, experimentation and verification.

I don't consider myself a Hollywood liberal, but I have my convictions and my beliefs.

I don't discount belief. I just discount most of the things that people believe in.

I don't know what I believe. I think there's a belief system, I'm just not sure what it is.

I don't want idiots in my audience. So if me coming forward with what my beliefs are is what you need to hear to not be a fan anymore, that's great. That means next time I show up in whatever said city, your dumb ass won't be there.

I don't see why any president has to talk about his belief in God.

I don't like it, to be honest, when politicians make a big thing of their religious beliefs, so I don't make a big thing of it.

I don't think of myself as a symbol of the sixties, but I do think of myself as a symbol of following through on your beliefs.

If all those around you believe some particular thing, you will soon be tempted to share in that belief.

I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam.

I dropped out of college and I'm pretty much a self-educated person, so a lot of my core belief system comes from life.

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

If an opinion can eventually go to the determination of a practical belief, it, in so far, becomes itself a practical belief; and every proposition that is not pure metaphysical jargon and chatter must have some possible bearing upon practice.

If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.

I feel like my political beliefs are rooted in the conservatism that I was raised with.

If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists.

I find this a fascinating phenomenon: the ability we have to manipulate ourselves so that the foundation of our beliefs is never shaken.

If enough of us believe, a new thing can be made to exist. Belief structure creates a filter through which chaos is sifted into order.

If ever the search for a tranquil belief should end, The future might stop emerging out of the past, Out of what is full of us; yet the search And the future emerging out of us seem to be one.

If I have a fundamental belief that the universe is created by God, then I also come to the belief that that universe reflects God, it gives me some knowledge of Him. Obviously, therefore, the more I know of the universe is, the more enriched my limited knowledge of God is.

If memory survived eternally, then indeed there might be justification for a belief in hell.

If it were not for my firm belief in an overruling Providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of such complications of affairs, to keep my reason on its seat. But I am confident that the Almighty has His plans, and will work them out; and, whether we see it or not, they will be the best for us.

If one has belief, knowledge is lacking. If one has knowledge, belief is unnecessary.

If one can only see things according to one's own belief system, one is destined to become virtually deaf, dumb, and blind.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

I found myself starting architecture with a deep social, Jewish, liberal conscience, and the belief that architecture is for the people. It was a do-gooder base; I was born and raised that way. I was for blacks, whites, Italians, Poles, whatever.

If religious belief be indeed so necessary to mankind, as we are continually assured that it is, there is great reason to lament, that the intellectual grounds of it should require to be backed by moral bribery or subornation of the understanding.

If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over.

If the Labour party goes back to reasserting its socialist and democratic beliefs, that's where I belong.

If there is any person that I do follow somewhat closely, at least ideas I like, it's been Frederich Nietzsche, but he's been dead a few hundred years. And at the same time, I wouldn't say that I actually, from a political standpoint, like many of his ideas. It just happened to be the core of a lot of my own beliefs of trying to modify my body and live indefinitely. What really applies is an evolutionary instinct to become a better entity altogether.

If there are no victims in the U.S, then there no need to redistribute wealth. Right? So that needs to be repealed. If there are no victims, there's no need to confer legal status on 1.2 million illegal immigrants. If there are no victims, then the entire justification for liberalism ceases to exist. This is how far Barack Obama is willing to go. Nobody else but me is gonna think of this, but he's undercutting his own philosophical beliefs in order to put words in Mitt Romney's mouth.

If we are going to save this country, if we are going to reestablish that belief in God, it's up to us. If we don't do it, who will?

If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states, defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam.