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“It is a revolution; a revolution of the most intense character; in which belief in the justice, prudence, and wisdom of secession is blended with the keenest sense of wrong and outrage, and it can no more be checked by human effort for the time than a prairie fire by a gardener's watering pot.”

Humans Character Belief Justice Effort Fire Revolution Intense Pot Prudence Gardener Outrage Prairie Secession

Author:Judah P. Benjamin

“A philosopher may try to prove the truth of something he believed before he was a philosopher, but even if he succeeds, his belief never regain the untroubled character, and the settled place in his mind, which it had at first.”

Ifs Trying Mind Firsts May Character Belief Succeed Prove Philosopher

Author:David Stove

“If there is a soul, what is it, and where did it come from, and where does it go? Can anyone who is guided by his reason possibly imagine a soul independent of a body, or the place of its residence, or the character of it, or anything concerning it? If man is justified in any belief or disbelief on any subject, he is warranted in the disbelief in a soul. Not one scrap of evidence exists to prove any such impossible thing.”

Source: Why I Am an Agnostic and Other Essays

“Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience to authority, and while it is often consistent with and reinforced by religious belief, it is not piety.”

Character Turns Belief Religious Virtue Atheism Source Authority Endure Obedience Consistent Admiration Piety Religious Belief Obedience To Authority

Book:Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

Source: Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

“The widespread belief among politicians and pundits is that high test scores are everything. I strongly disagree. What matters most is character. Working hard, treating others with respect and honesty-those are the keys to success.”

Matter Hard Character Belief Honesty Keys Politician Tests Score Disagree What Matters Key To Success Pundits Treating Others Test Scores Treating Others With Respect

Author:Hal Urban

“Rebels and dissidents challenge the complacent belief in a just world, and, as the theory would predict, they are usually denigrated for their efforts. While they are alive, they may be called 'cantankerous,' 'crazy,' 'hysterical,' 'uppity,' or 'duped.' Dead, some of them become saints and heroes, the sterling characters of history. It's a matter of proportion. One angry rebel is crazy, three is a conspiracy, 50 is a movement.”

“When you appoint someone, you appoint somebody because of their character, their convictions, their abilities. And not because you have a belief, a confidence, in a foreordained outcome in any given decision.”

Character Belief Given Ability Decision Conviction Outcomes

Author:Karl Rove

“I can honestly say Ive never thought for a second about whether a character reflects poorly on any group. All that matters to me is that the character is true to my belief in who he or she is.”

I Can Matter Character Belief Groups Honestly

Author:David Levithan

“Maybe this is all a bit of a myth, a willful desire to give each place its own unique aura. But doesn't any collective belief eventually become a kind of truth? If enough people act as if something is true, isn't it indeed "true," not objectively, but in the sense that it will determine how they will behave? The myth of unique urban character and unique sensibilities in different cities exists because we want it to exist.”

People Ifs Want Giving Kind Different Enough Character Desire Belief Bits Cities Unique Determine Myth Behave Collectives Sensibility Urban Auras

Author:David Byrne

“Intellectualism' is the belief that our mind comes upon a world complete in itself, and has the duty of ascertaining its contents; but has no power of re-determining its character, for that is already given.”

World Mind Character Belief Given Duty Intellectualism

Book:Some Problems of Philosophy

Source: Some Problems of Philosophy

“Conservatives believe government's principal functions are the preservation of freedom and removal of restraints on the individual. Liberalism's ascent in the first two-thirds of this century reflected the new belief that government should also confer capacities on individuals. Liberalism's decline in the final third of this century has reflected doubts about whether government can be good at that, or whether government that is good at that is good for the nation's character.”

“Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman can tell a story. I mean, the novel as an art form is just in full florid bloom in 'Atlas Shrugged.' It's an unbelievable story. The characters are so compelling, and what she's saying is mind-expanding.”

Mind Mean Art Character Stories Form Certain Belief Novel Issues Agree Compelling Unbelievable Expanding Atlas

Author:Anne Hathaway

“Before I start a book, I talk over my characters with a friend who is a counselor. I like to make sure I have the right dynamics in place and understand each character's belief system, fears, coping mechanisms and things like that.”

Book Character Belief Mechanism Coping Dynamics Belief Systems Counselor Coping Mechanisms

Author:Chevy Stevens

“People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.”

People Inspirational Character Seems Belief Courage Bravery Sinister Demian Personality Flaws

Author:Hermann Hesse

“I have the belief that truly evil people, it's a genetic evil. I only have the experience of exploring the landscape of some of the characters I've played that people have labeled as evil; I don't think they're evil.”

People Thinking Character Evil Belief Landscape Exploring Evil People

Author:Glenn Close

“I sort of have the belief that you work being your character out while you're working on it, or that's been my experience so far. I throw myself into it 100% and try to live in that world, and then when it's over, just sort of be able to leave it behind.”

World Trying Character Able Belief Behinds

Author:Jonathan Groff

“Recently, results of the Human Genome Project have shattered one of Science's fundamental core beliefs, the concept of genetic determinism. We have been led to believe that our genes determine the character of our lives, yet new research surprisingly reveals that it is the character of our lives that controls our genes. Rather than being victims of our heredity, we are actually masters of our genome.”

“Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Rooted deeply in our Judeo-Christian heritage, the practice of offering thanksgiving underscores our unshakable belief in God as the foundation of our Nation and our firm reliance upon Him from Whom all blessings flow.”