“I hope that increasing numbers of Christians adopt the practice of wearing a cross in a simple and discreet way as a symbol of their beliefs.” WayChristianBeliefSimpleNumbersPracticeCrossesSymbolsDiscreet Author:Keith O'Brien
“I think the benefit of a Catholic childhood is your belief in visual symbols as transmitters of information and clues about life, whether it's the mystery of life or life in general.” ThinkingBeliefMysteryChildhoodInformationBenefitsCatholicSymbolsVisualsClueMystery Of Life Author:Robert Gober
“Homo religiosus invents religious symbols, which he venerates and worships to save him from facing the finality of his death and dissolution. He devises paradise fictions to provide succor and support... In acts of supreme self-deception, at various times and in various places he has been willing to profess belief in the most incredible myths because of what they have promised him.” Has BeensSelfBeliefReligiousFictionSupportAtheismWillingWorshipIncrediblesVariousPositive AtheismMythSupremeSymbolsDeceptionParadiseSelf DeceptionDissolutionFinality Author:Paul Kurtz
“In prayer the soul comes nearest the experience of absolute love: in belief it ascends by means of symbols towards absolute truth.” MeanSoulBeliefPrayerAbsolutesSymbolsAbsolute TruthAbsolute Love Book:Mixed Pasture: Twelve Essays and Addresses Source: Mixed Pasture: Twelve Essays and Addresses
“From Pandora's Box, where all the ills of humanity swarmed, the Greeks drew out hope after all the others, as the most dreadful of all. I know no more stirring symbol; for, contrary to the general belief, hope equals resignation. And to live is not to resign oneself.” KnowsHumanityBeliefOneselfBoxesContrarySymbolsGreekResignationStirringPandoraPandora's Box Book:The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays Source: The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays
“The man who has successfully solved the problem of his relations with the two worlds of data and symbols is a man who has no beliefs. With regard to the problems of practical life he entertains a series of working hypotheses, which serve his purposes, but are taken no more seriously than any other kind of tool or instrument. In other words, symbols should never be raised to the rank of dogmas, nor should any system be regarded as more than a provisional convenience.” MenWorldShouldKindTwoProblemPurposeBeliefTakenHe ManToolsRelationRegardInstrumentsSeriesRaisedPracticalsSymbolsDataDogmaHypothesisConvenienceTwo WorldsPractical Life Author:Aldous Huxley