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A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed somewhere between disappointment and pathology.

A widespread belief is more often likely to be foolish than sensible.

A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.

A woman asked me recently, "What are the blocks to my happiness?" I said, "The belief that you have blocks.

A writer survives in spite of his beliefs.

Bad beliefs make bad behavior.

Basically these are beliefs about apocalypse that we have seen as truth in Western civilization for the last couple of hundred years. So we live according to these "truths" and as a result manifesting a life using those beliefs, which can be very self-destructive.

Be a good human being, a warmhearted, affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief.

Beauty, therefore, for the modern and postmodern artist has become a highly dubious metaphor for a discredited belief system.

Because our consciousness is tied to the physical manifestation of reality, we are tied to the belief in separation.

Before you disagree make sure you understand. In other words, we must make sure that we can describe another's theological position as he would describe it before we criticize or condemn. Another guiding principle should be 'Do not impute to others beliefs you regard as logically entailed by their beliefs but that they explicitly deny'.

Beginning in the 1960s, many studies showed that people who hold what we call irrational beliefs are significantly more disturbed than when they don't hold them, and the more strongly they hold them, the more disturbed they tend to be.

BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given.

Being a journalist got me to meet with children who had witnessed all their beliefs, all their faith in the world collapse.

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

Being an Olympian, I always have this strong belief in excellence.

Being a scientist helps to support both my life as a Jesuit and my belief in God.

Being constantly surprised about what nature can create, that inspires me beyond belief.

Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed.

Being incomprehensible offers unparalleled protection against having nothing to say...but writing with simplicity requires courage, for there is a danger that one will be overlooked, dismissed as simpleminded by those with a tenacious belief that the impassable prose is a hallmark of intelligence.

Belief and seeing are both often wrong.

Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.

Belief in form, but disbelief in content - that's what makes an aphorism charming.

Belief in God is almost universal and the effect of this belief is so vast that one is appalled at the thought of what social conditions would be if reverence for God were erased from every heart.

Belief is a powerful thing.

Belief, confidence in yourself.. the world’s your playground. Limitless. My question is... will you be remembered?

Belief doesn't rest on proof or existence...it rests on faith...without faith there is nothing.

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

Belief in a Divine mission is one of the many forms of certainty that have afflicted the human race.

Belief in mysteries, any manner of mysteries, is the only lasting luxury in life.

Belief in ourself is like a muscle - it is strengthened by constant and careful use.

Belief is a powerful thing. If you believe you can.

Belief is desecrated when given to unproved and unquestioned statements for the solace and private pleasure of the believer . . . It is wrong always, everywhere, and for every one, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

Belief is knowing what you believe. Conviction is knowing why you believe it.

Belief isn't always easy. But this much I have learned--- if not enough else--- to live with my eyes open.

Belief is tricky because left to its own devices, it can court a kind of surety, an unquestioning allegiance that fears doubt and destroys difference.

Belief is what you do when there is no data.

Beliefs, and the feelings that we have about them, are the language that "speaks" to the quantum stuff that makes our realty.

Belief unconfirmed by experiment is vain.

Belief in limitation is the one and only thing that causes limitation.

Belief in one God is the cornerstone of all religions.

Belief, in one of its accepted senses, may consist in a merely intellectual assent, while faith implies such confidence and conviction as will impel to action.

Belief in the resurrection is not an appendage to the Christian faith. It is the Christian faith.

Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate.

Belief is everything when you're performing something. If you don't have the belief behind it, then that actually puts a shunt on the character. It's like, "Does the character believe this for a minute?

Belief is involuntary; nothing involuntary is meritorious or reprehensible. A man ought not to be considered worse or better for his belief.

Belief is no substitute for arithmetic.

Belief is the cornerstone of all the great achievements since the beginning of time.

Beliefs can be roadways or roadblocks. A variety of beliefs can make life interesting and colorful.