“The secret belief that the Lord of conscience loves and accepts each faithful sacrifice is the ultimate and sufficient support of all goodness; dispensing with the chorus of approving voices; replacing all vain self-reliance with a Divine strength; and with the peace of a reconciled nature consoling the inevitable sorrows of a devoted life.” SelfBeliefVoiceSecretAcceptingLordSupportSacrificeDivineSorrowGoodnessConscienceUltimateInevitableVainFaithfulSufficientDevotedSelf RelianceRelianceChorusConsolingApproving Book:Hours of thought on sacred things, sermons Source: Hours of thought on sacred things, sermons
“Dwellers by the sea cannot fail to be impressed by the sight of its ceaseless ebb and flow, and are apt, on the principles of that rude philosophy of sympathy and resemblance... to trace a subtle relation, a secret harmony, between its tides and the life of man... The belief that most deaths happen at ebb tide is said to be held along the east coast of England from Northumberland to Kent.” MenSaidPhilosophyHappensBeliefSecretPrinciplesFailingSeaFlowSightEnglandRelationHarmonyEastSubtleTidesImpressedRudeCoastResemblanceEast CoastEbb And FlowDwellersKent Author:James G. Frazer
“Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here, and for cause, or with some task strictly appointed you in your constitution, and so long as you work at that you are well and successful” IfsFirstsWellsLongSelfUniverseBeliefCausesSecretSuccessfulAuthorityTasksConstitutionSecret To SuccessSelf Trust Book:The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I think the most harmful belief passed on to me - not always directly - was the belief that whatever I did as a Negro, however much we Negroes achieved, despite the presence of some enlightened whites, white society as a whole enjoyed being racists in the secret core of their being and would never, ever give that up.” ThinkingGivingWholeBeliefWhiteSecretCoreDespiteEnjoyedEnlightenedRacist Author:Margo Jefferson
“The secret behind every godly man and woman is their belief in the truth that they have been forgiven. ... Even when they say the wrong thing, do the wrong thing, or have a wrong thought, they continue to be forgiveness-conscious.” MenHas BeensBeliefSecretBehindsConsciousMen And WomenForgivenGodlyWrong ThingsGodly Man Author:Joseph Prince
“I noticed a long time ago that the Universe rewards belief systems. It doesn't really matter what you believe - it'll be there and waiting for you if you go and look for it. Decide the universe is, say, run by secret enormous teddy bears, and I can guarantee you'll immediately start running across evidence that this is true.” IfsBelieveLooksLongI CanMatterRunningUniverseBeliefWaitingSecretBearsLong TimeEvidenceRewardsEnormousGuaranteesLong Time AgoBelief SystemsWaiting For YouTeddyTeddy Bear Author:Neil Gaiman