Mind, word and act, all three must be filled with the belief that all is His play, that is the genuine path.
Sai BabaReligious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
E. O. WilsonI would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
Bertrand RussellThe constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiMan is a credulous animal and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
Bertrand RussellI would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.
Friedrich NietzscheBelief creates the actual fact.
William JamesThere is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic, because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
Maya AngelouI believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
Oprah WinfreyIt is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.
J. K. RowlingOld beliefs die hard, even when demonstrably false.
E. O. WilsonRational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.
Albert EllisIt has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving, or the class of people served.
Napoleon HillMan is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
Dalai LamaI believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.
Lyndon B. JohnsonNothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
Honore de BalzacI can tell you honest friend what to believe: believe life, it teaches better that book or orator.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAll that one gains by falsehood is not to be believed when he speaks the truth.
AristotleHe is dead in this world who has no belief in another.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMoralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.
Henry MillerThe want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.
Jonathan SwiftA consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
Benjamin DisraeliMan can believe the impossible but man can never believe the improbable.
Oscar WildeWhile they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.
Helen KellerCapitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power, but that of self interest backed by force.
George Bernard ShawLiars, when they speak the truth, are not believed.
AristotleIt will, I believe, be everywhere found that as the clergy are or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.
Jane AustenI am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.
Albert EinsteinBelief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul, unbelief in denying them.
George EliotA good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be believed.
AristotleImagination grows by exercise and, contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
W. Somerset MaughamI find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life on earth. Something better than us has to come along.
Doug CouplandTolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather, it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
John F. KennedyIn the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.
Simone WeilReligion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
Richard DawkinsThe thing always happens that you really believe in, and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
Frank Lloyd WrightWho are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
Groucho MarxTo believe in something and not to live it is dishonest.
Mahatma GandhiLife is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.
Muhammad AliI try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.
Muhammad AliMiracles only happen if you believe in miracles.
Paulo CoelhoGod is love, generosity and forgiveness; If we believe in this, we will never allow our weaknesses to paralyze us.
Paulo CoelhoTo me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.
Margaret ThatcherMagic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
Bertrand RussellThe songs are my lexicon. I believe the songs.
Bob DylanThat deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe forms my idea of God.
Albert EinsteinI mean as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.
Tiger WoodsStrong beliefs win strong men and then make them stronger.
Richard BachDon't believe in miracles - depend on them.
Laurence J. PeterI don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you, doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you.
Henry RollinsMen of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief, a cynical community is a corrupt community.
John W. GardnerI hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.
Wilson MiznerAmerica is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.
George W. BushThe fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
Thomas CarlyleLearned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerIf you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Denis WaitleyIt's my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.
Lily TomlinSuperstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
Marlene DietrichHave convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.
Eleanor RooseveltLive your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
Henry David ThoreauTruth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal, one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come.
Theodor W. AdornoIt's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
Tony RobbinsWhen you have come to the edge of all the light you have, And step into the darkness of the unknown, Believe that one of the two will happen to you, Either you'll find something solid to stand on, Or you'll be taught how to fly!
Richard BachMany of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence, but we thought if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.
Richard DawkinsSince I move about with you, eat like you and talk with you, you are deluded in the belief that this is but an instance of common humanity. Be warned against this mistake. I am also deluding you by My singing with you, talking with you, and engaging Myself in activities with you. But any movement My Divinity may be revealed to you, you have to be ready prepared for that moment.
Sai BabaWomen are proverbially too individualistic! There is a popular belief born out of folk - experience that three women cannot live in unison!
Sai BabaThe belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre it just keeps coming back.
Paul RyanI shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.
Albert EinsteinThe Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.
Norman Vincent PealeThe world we see, that seems so insane, is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
William JamesI'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance, and generosity, that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
E. O. WilsonI believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.
Maya AngelouWhy, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
Lewis CarrollI was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
Oprah Winfrey`Father O father! what do we here, In this land of unbelief and fear? The Land of Dreams is better far, Above the light of the morning star.
William BlakeThe probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Abraham LincolnNow God be praised that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.
William ShakespeareReligious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.
E. O. WilsonI don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.
Douglas AdamsWe've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq we have met our responsibility. Now it's time to turn the page.
Barack ObamaTruth lives in fact for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass so long as nothing challenges them just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them.
William JamesI believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
C. S. LewisDo 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.
BuddhaFrisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
George CarlinWhen a man tells you who he is... believe him.
Maya AngelouYou should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.
Martin LutherA belief in hell, and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton, have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.
Aldous Huxley