B Quotes
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“Belief does not change what is.”
“Belief does not replace treatment.
It gives treatment a place to work.”
Source: The Belief That Healed Me: A Survivor’s Story of the Healing Mind and the Medicine We Carry Within
“Belief doesn't rest on proof or existence...it rests on faith...without faith there is nothing.”
“Belief encompasses both trusting others to uphold their commitments and being steadfast in keeping the promises we have given.”
“Belief forages, moving from pasture to pasture.”
“Belief forms behavior.”
Source: Shattered Tablets: Why We Ignore the Ten Commandments at Our Peril
“Belief fuels our decisions - even when we are not clearly aware of those beliefs.”
Source: Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life
“Belief fuels passion, and passion rarely fails.”
Source: Companies Don't Succeed . . . People Do!: The Art of Recognition
“Belief gets in the way of learning.”
Source: Time Enough for Love
“Belief gives you the power to achieve the extraordinary”
“Belief has no place as far as science reaches, and may be first permitted to take root where science stops.”
Source: Disease, Life, and Man: Selected Essays
“Belief has nothing to do with facts,
especially for the unbelievable facts.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“Belief has very little to do with rationale. Why demand a mail for uncharted territory?”
“Belief.' He reached into his vest and pulled out the silver aquila that he wore alongside his old dog-tags. 'In wartime, call it courage. In peacetime, call it faith. In the Guard, I saw men do amazing things... fight off infection, heal wounds... just because they believed. And I saw men die just because they didn't.”
Source: Ravenor Returned
“Belief, he says. Belief shifts. People start out believing in the god and end up believing in the structure.”
Source: Small Gods
“Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory as a part of the true religion, nor was it supposed that, by believing, a man acquired religious merit and conciliated the favour of the gods.”
Source: Religion of the Semites (Ppr)
“Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.”
Source: THE AGE OF REASON - Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (Including
“Belief in a divine being who starts the universe off and then “sits back” to watch events unfold, taking no direct part in subsequent affairs, is known as “deism.” Here God’s nature is captured by the image of the perfect watchmaker, a sort of cosmic engineer, who designs and constructs a vast and elaborate mechanism and then sets it going.”
Source: The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World
“Belief in a Divine mission is one of the many forms of certainty that have afflicted the human race.”
Source: Unpopular Essays
“Belief in a future life is the appetite of reason.”
“Belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science.”
Source: Essays in Science
“Belief in an infallible God does not make one infallible.”
Source: What's Wrong with Homosexuality?
“Belief in form, but disbelief in content - that's what makes an aphorism charming.”
“Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with less of stoic courage than is needed by skeptics.”
Source: Bertrand Russell's best: silhouettes in satire
“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.”
Source: In His Image: By William Jennings Bryan
“Belief in God is an act of faith. But so is believing our existence is simply the result of chance.”
“Belief in God is apparently a psychological artifact of mammalian reproduction.”
“Belief in God is optional. Belief in the self is imperative.”
Source: Every Generation Needs Caretakers: The Gospel of Patriotism
“Belief in God means Believe yourself, and you know who God is!”
“Belief in God, messiah or some spiritual con-artist is optional, but belief in the self is imperative.”
Source: Every Generation Needs Caretakers: The Gospel of Patriotism
“Belief in God puts our life on autopilot. We know that someone up there is watching us and is in control. Losing our faith puts off the autopilot, we have to run it manually, and check if everything is alright for ourselves. No wonder religion has a wide appeal; most of us are lazy and would like a supreme being to be in charge”
Source: Pearls Of Eternity
“Belief in God? An afterlife? I believe in rock: this apodictic rock beneath my feet.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
“Belief in heaven and hell is a big deal in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and some forms of doctrinaire Buddhism. For the rest of us it's simply meaningless. We don't live in order to die, we live in order to live.”
“Belief in humankind's sinful nature also provides a tidy explanation for the existence of evil. When confronted with hatred or selfishness, you can tell yourself, 'Oh, well, that's just human nature.' But if you believe that people are essentially good, you have to question why evil exists at all. It implies that engagement and resistance are worthwhile, and it imposes an obligation to act.”
Source: Humankind: A Hopeful History
“Belief in immortality is harmful because it is not in our power to conceive of the soul as really incorporeal. So this belief is in fact a belief in the prolongation of life, and it robs death of its purpose.”
Source: Gravity and Grace
“Belief in karma ought to make the life pure, strong, serene and glad. Only our own deeds can hinder us; only our own will can fetter us. Once let men recognize this truth, and the hour of their liberation has struck. Nature cannot enslave the soul that by wisdom has gained power and uses both in love.”
“Belief in limitation is the one and only thing that causes limitation.”
Source: The Edinburgh and Dore Lectures on Mental Science
“Belief in limits creates limited people”
Source: Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement
“Belief in mysteries, any manner of mysteries, is the only lasting luxury in life.”
“Belief in non-violence is based on the assumption that human nature in the essence is one and therefore unfailingly responds to the advances of love.”
Source: Gandhi on Non-violence
“Belief in one God is the cornerstone of all religions.”
Source: All Men Are Brothers
“Belief in one god, praying, charity, the five pillars, ethical moral objectives and messages in the Koran, the history of Islam. There are basic tenants in Islam that we universally believe in but I think it's very naive to think that Sharia, that legal rulings are derived in a vacuum, that people do not bring their own histories and politics and social pledges to bear when they interpret the Koran.”
“Belief in one's identity as a poet or writer prior to the acid test of publication is as naive and harmless as the youthful belief in one's immortality... and the inevitable disillusionment is just as painful.”
Source: The Hyperion Cantos 4-Book Bundle: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion
“Belief in oneself is a crucial quality of leadership, because 'a house divided against itself cannot stand.' A leader who fluctuates back and forth sends a very wavery signal. Like the soprano who can shatter glass by finding that high note and holding it, a leader who can hold that high note, without wavering, can shatter walls.”
Source: Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership
“Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.”
“Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.”
“Belief in oneself is required for healing.”
“Belief in ourself is like a muscle - it is strengthened by constant and careful use.”
“Belief in self and self-acceptance appeared to have a direct impact on one's resiliency and overall worldview.”
Source: The Effects of Childhood Trauma on Adult Perception and Worldview
“Belief In Self"
"If you quit while pursuing your dreams, you will never know how close you've come to success. It might have been hidden behind that next door you decided not to open, since the last fifty doors revealed little or nothing.”
Source: Profound Vers-A-Tales