Belief? What do I believe in? I believe in sun. In rock. In the dogma of the sun and the doctrine of the rock. I believe in blood fire woman rivers eagles storm drums flutes banjos and broom-tailed horses….
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all then accept it and live up to it.
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.
By means of shrewd lies unremittingly repeated it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell and hell heaven. The greater the lie the more readily it will be believed.
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of superstitious fears which were implanted in his imagination no matter how utterly his reason may reject them.
The ability to stand by ones principles to live with integrity and faith according to ones beliefthat is what matters that is the difference between a contribution and a commitment. That devotion to true principle in our individual lives in our homes and families and in all places that we meet and influence other peoplethat devotion is what God is ultimately requesting of us.
The Church says that the Earth is flat but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church.
Start doing the things you think should be done and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely.
Man is made by his belief. As he believes so he is.
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
The fearful Unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
Man is what he believes.
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
We are inclined to believe those we do not know Because they have never deceived us.
Credulity is the mans weakness but the childs strength.
You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.
Orthodoxy is my doxy; heterodoxy is another mans doxy.
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
Belief? What do I believe in? I believe in sun. In rock. In the dogma of the sun and the doctrine of the rock. I believe in blood fire woman rivers eagles storm drums flutes banjos and broom-tailed horses….
I don?t believe it. Prove it to me and I still won?t believe it.
A belief is not true because it is useful.
For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes.
Every time a child says I dont believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
PREFERENCE n. A sentiment or frame of mind induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.
Its the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction things begin to happen.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all then accept it and live up to it.
I dont believe in dying. Its been done. Im working on a new exit. Besides I cant die now Im booked.
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
Man is free but not if he doesnt believe it.
Theres nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.
He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a very long head or a very short creed.
If you believe that discrimination exists it will.’08-02-2010
Reality is that which when you stop believing in it doesnt go away.
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker but who is inwardly drunk with a certain belief.
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.
To accomplish great things we must not only act but also dream; not only plan but also believe.
The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.
To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something while to secure it in this world we must do something.
Man is made by his belief. As he believes so he becomes.
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
One must marry ones feelings to ones beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in ones life.
By means of shrewd lies unremittingly repeated it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell and hell heaven. The greater the lie the more readily it will be believed.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of superstitious fears which were implanted in his imagination no matter how utterly his reason may reject them.
The ability to stand by ones principles to live with integrity and faith according to ones beliefthat is what matters that is the difference between a contribution and a commitment. That devotion to true principle in our individual lives in our homes and families and in all places that we meet and influence other peoplethat devotion is what God is ultimately requesting of us.
Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that insures the successful outcome of our venture.
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
In the province of the mind what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.
The Church says that the Earth is flat but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church.
Who are you going to believe me or your own eyes?
We advance on our journey only when we face our goal we are confident and believe we are going to succeed.
We do not believe in immortality because we have proved it but we forever try to prove it because we believe it.
Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity comfort and advantage. He lives by make-believe.
Start doing the things you think should be done and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely.
I hate careless flattery the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.