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A nation's institutions and beliefs are determined by it's character.

And biblically, again, I'm going to go right back to my fundamental Christian beliefs marriage is between one man and one woman.

And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most

And, of course, liberals see no problem with using the government to impose their cultural beliefs on others; they just won't admit that's what they're doing.

And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.

And this I do believe above all, especially in times of greater discouragement, that I must BELIEVE-that I must believe in my fellow people-that I must believe in myself-that I must believe in God-if life is to have any meaning.

And when is it ever convincing, the belief others have in your abilities? You know perfectly well they can't see the mess inside you.

And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there.

An entrepreneur is someone who, almost artistically, designs a living entity which embodies the values, beliefs, and ambitions of the creator

An ethical atheist is infinitely more valuable than an unethical pious! What matters is whether you are ethical or not; your beliefs are utterly trivial beside this matter!

A new opinion counts as true just in proportion as it gratifies the individual's desire to assimilate the novel in his experience to his beliefs in stock

An official man is always an official man, and has a wild belief in the value of Reports.

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

A novelist must preserve a childlike belief in the importance of things which common sense considers of no great consequence.

Any belief that does not command the one who holds it is not a real belief; it is a pseudo belief only.

Any belief system that is based on fear, encourages weakness, sanctions intolerance threatens vengeance, promotes passivity and requires you to relinquish your personal power is doing you a disservice.

Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse.

Any group has a sense of who it is and what is values, but this sense often remains beneath the surface. A wise leader can discern these unspoken beliefs and articulate them.

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

Anyone with sincere religious beliefs cannot say that all religions are true. That is so illogical it is pathetic. All religion cannot be true because some of them are so diametrically opposed to each other.

Anything that is public display that will cause disruption to the beliefs of society of course would have to be curtailed.

Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler's superhuman heroism, I had always been attracted to Germany.

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.

Anti-clericalism and non-belief, have their bigots just as orthodoxy does.

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

An utterance can have Intentionality, just as a belief has Intentionality, but whereas the Intentionality of the belief is intrinsic the Intentionality of the utterance is derived.

Any belief in miracles is flat contradictory not just to the facts of science but to the spirit of science.

Any one can heal who believes that he can, and who will take the time to put that belief in motion through the Law.

Any man who lives by his beliefs is to be admired, not mocked.

A person who knows who they are is not threatened by the beliefs of others.

Apocalypse is a frame of mind." [Nicodemus] said then. "A belief. A surrender to inevitability. It is a despair for the future. It is the death of hope.

A picture lives by its legend - not by anything else.

Approval of what is approved of Is as false as a well-kept vow.

A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.

Arguments hardly affect the faithful- their beliefs have an entirely different foundation.

Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.

Around 1974, I graduated into the occult, and spent a sold six or seven years immersed in the Kabala and the Chaldean, Celtic, and Druidic traditions I also became fascinated with Aleister Crowley, the nineteenth-century magician who shared these beliefs.

Art is by nature promotional, pushing beliefs, broadcasting status, aggrandizing personalities.

A Sannyasin cannot belong to any religion, for his is a life of independent thought, which draws from all religions; his is a life of realisation, not merely of theory or belief, much less of dogma.

As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.

As individuals think and believe, so they are.

As far as I'm concerned, humans have not yet come up with a belief that's worth believing.

As far as belief goes, postmodernism prefers to travel light: it has beliefs, to be sure, but it does not have faith

As it is, plain reasoning assures me I am not indispensable to the universe: but with this reasoning, somehow, does not travel my belief.

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions.

Ask the sheep for their beliefs... Do you kill on God's command?

Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct.

As soon as we cease to pry about at random, we shall come to rely upon accredited bodies of authoritative dogma; and as soon as we come to rely upon accredited bodies of authoritative dogma, not only are the days of our liberty over, but we have lost the password that has hitherto opened to us the gates of success as well.