“I honestly do not know if love vanquishes death as our traditional faiths teach but I do know that our vulnerabilities trump our ideologies and that love leavens the purity and logic of our beliefs propelling us to connect as the fiercely gracious human beings we are.” IfsKnowsHumansBeliefHuman BeingsTeachTrumpLogicHonestlyTraditionalIdeologyVulnerabilityPurityGraciousVanquish Author:Irwin Kula
“We view Sufism not as an ideology that molds people to the right way of belief or action, but as an art or science that can exert a beneficial influence on individuals and societies, in accordance with the needs of those individuals and societies ... Sufi study and development gives one capacities one did not have before.” PeopleWayNeedsGivingArtActionIndividualBeliefViewsStudyInfluenceDevelopmentCapacityIdeologySufismRight WaySufiBeneficialMoldIndividuals And Society Author:Idries Shah
“The election is over, and even though there are people who have different ideologies and beliefs, from now on we must all embrace each other, creating a harmonious and unified new Taiwan through our love and tolerance.” PeopleDifferentBeliefCreatingElectionEmbraceToleranceIdeologyOur LoveHarmoniousUnifiedTaiwan Author:Chen Shui-bian
“An ideology can be defined as a group of beliefs that individuals borrow; most people borrow an ideology by identifying with a social group ... with a body of sacred documents and heroes.” PeopleBodyIndividualBeliefSocialGroupsAtheismHeroSacredPositive AtheismIdeologyDefinedDocumentsIdentifyingSocial Groups Author:Robert E Lane
“People are dumb and they think that laughing equals cosigning a belief in the ideology, which it doesn't.” PeopleThinkingBeliefLaughingIdeologyDumb Author:Jim Norton
“The best defense against a powerful and positive dynamic ideology is neither verbal attack nor criticism, which are useful, but to set up an equally powerful and dynamic ideology against it.” BeliefPowerfulCriticismDefenseIdeology Book:European spring Source: European spring
“What drivel it all is!... A string of words called religion. Another string of words called philosophy. Half a dozen other stringscalled political ideals. And all the words either ambiguous or meaningless. And people getting so excited about them they'll murder their neighbours for using a word they don't happen to like. A word that probably doesn't mean as much as a good belch. Just a noise without even the excuse of gas on the stomach.” PeopleMeanPhilosophyHappensPoliticalBeliefHalfViolenceIdealsMurderExcuseExcitedNoiseIdeologyGasStringsStomachMeaninglessDozenNeighbourAmbiguousDrivel Book:After Many a Summer Source: After Many a Summer
“Under the Obama regime, the president and his allies are intentional in pursuing these conflicts from the perspective that you must sacrifice your most sacred beliefs to government the instant you start a business. You have the protection of the First Amendment as an individual, you see – but the instant you start a business, you lose those protections.” FirstsGovernmentReligionPoliticsIndividualBeliefEnergyPresidentLosesWorkSacrificePolicyHealthPerspectiveConflictEthicsCapitalismSacredHuman RightsProtectionIdeologyInstantAlliesRegimesAmendmentsConsumerismFirst Amendment Author:Bobby Jindal
“If you ask a Saudi Imam why women in Saudi Arabia can't drive, he'll say, 'Because Islam demands it.' But that's absurd, because - first of all - Islam demands no such thing; and secondly, the only country in the world in which women can't drive is Saudi Arabia. The inability to understand the difference between a cultural practice and religious belief is shocking among self-described intellectuals.” IfsWorldFirstsSelfCountryWisdomRealityReligionAsksBeliefCommunityLeadershipDifferencesReligiousJusticeClassPracticeGenerationsHuman NatureDemandEqualEthicsIslamHuman RightsAbsurdIdeologyShockingInabilityEqual RightsArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisReligious Belief Author:Reza Aslan
“People kill and are killed because they cling too tightly to their own beliefs and ideologies. When we believe that ours is the only faith that contains the truth, violence and suffering will surely be the result.” PeopleBelieveReligionSufferingBeliefResultsViolenceIdeology Book:Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition Source: Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition
“Interest in religion is not necessarily interest in God. Religion in public life means a set of ideas, an ideology that has certain positions. Religion is then one more ideology among others. Religion is about God. Religion begins with a relationship to God, not a relationship to an idea. It is God who is an actor, not just individuals who have certain beliefs who are actors. God is an actor.” MeanIdeasCertainActorsIndividualBeliefInterestPositionIdeologyPublic LifeLife Means Author:Francis George