“One belief, more than any other, is responsible for the slaughter of individuals on the alter of the great historical ideas - justice or progress or happiness of future generations... or emancipation of a nation or race or class... this is the belief that somewhere... there is a final solution.” IdeasIndividualBeliefNationsJusticeRaceClassProgressGenerationsAtheismSolutionsResponsibleHistoricalFinalsPositive AtheismFuture GenerationSlaughterEmancipationGreat Historical Author:Isaiah Berlin
“God, once imagined to be an omnipresent force throughout the whole world of nature and man. has been increasingly tending to seem omniabsent. Everywhere, intelligent and educated people rely more and more on purely secular and scientific techniques for the solution of their problems. As science advances, belief in divine miracles and the efficacy of prayer becomes fainter and fainter.” PeopleMenWorldHas BeensWholeProblemSeemsBeliefForcePrayerAtheismDivineSolutionsMiracleIntelligentPositive AtheismTechniqueWhole WorldEducatedRelySecularEfficacyMan And Nature Author:Corliss Lamont
“The truth of the thoughts that are here set forth seems to me unassailable and definitive. I therefore believe myself to have found, on all essential points, the final solution of the problems. And if I am not mistaken in this belief, then the second thing in which the value of this work consists is that it shows how little is achieved when these problems are solved.” IfsBelieveLittlesShowsProblemSeemsValuesFoundBeliefEssentialsSolutionsFinalsMetaphysicsMistaken Book:Tractatus logico-philosophicus: The German text Logisch-philosophische abhandlung Source: Tractatus logico-philosophicus: The German text Logisch-philosophische abhandlung
“It is my firm belief that the solution to all problems lies in dialogue. Earlier, it was believed that force indicates power. Now, power must come through the strength of ideas and the effective dialogue.” IdeasProblemLyingBeliefForceSolutionsIndiaInnovationDialogueFirmFirm Beliefs Author:Narendra Modi
“Among the illusions which have invested our civilization is an absolute belief that the solutions to our problems must be a more determined application of rationally organized expertise... The reality is that our problems are largely the product of that application.” ProblemRealityBeliefRiskProductsCivilizationSolutionsIllusionAbsolutesManagementDeterminedOrganizedApplicationExpertiseRisk Management Author:Voltaire
“Your belief systems limit your reality to a sub-set of the solution space that does not contain the answer.” DoeRealityBeliefSpaceAnswersLimitsSolutionsBelief Systems Book:My Big Toe: Book 2 : Discovery Source: My Big Toe: Book 2 : Discovery
“The core belief that drives terrorism is the notion of a "holy place," along with the idea that some people belong there and other people don't. That's why the only solution to terrorism is for religious scholars to hold a global summit to agree on the definition of "holy place." Once they agree on a definition, it will be easier to mock it into submission.” PeopleIdeasBeliefReligiousEasierHolySolutionsAgreeNotionDefinitionsTerrorismCoreScholarSubmissionSummitMockHoly PlacesCore Beliefs Author:Scott Adams
“History will help to remedy intellectual faults such as excessive concentration on one line of thought, absence of understanding for other points of view, belief in simple solutions, lack of balance of mind, absence of an imaginative understanding.” MindHelpingBeliefUnderstandingLinesSimpleViewsBalanceIntellectualSolutionsFaultsPoint Of ViewAbsenceConcentrationRemedyImaginativeOne LineSimple Solutions Author:Geoffrey Elton