“Man Made 'God' in his own image. The eternal, the infinate, the unnameable was reduced to a mental idol that you had to believe in and worship as 'my god' or 'our god'.” MenBelieveMadeSpiritualEternalWorshipIdolsNew Earth Author:Eckhart Tolle
“I believe in good and evil," said Jem. "And I believe the soul is eternal. But I don't believe in the fiery pit, the pitchforks, or endless torment. I do not believe you can threaten people into goodness." Tessa looked at will. "What about you? What do you believe? "Pulvis et umbra sumus," said Will, not looking at her as he spoke. "I believe we are dust and shadows. What else is there?” PeopleBelieveSaidSoulEvilI BelieveGoodnessEternalShadowDon't BelieveI Believe InEndlessDustGood And EvilSpokesTormentPitsFieryBelieve You CanJemPitchforks Author:Cassandra Clare
“When the stakes are this high- when calling God by the right name can make the difference between eternal happiness and eternal suffering, it is impossible to respect the beliefs of others who don't believe as you do.” BelieveSufferingNamesBeliefDifferencesImpossibleAtheismCallingEternalDon't BelieveAtheistStakesEternal Happiness Author:Sam Harris
“Do you believe in a future everlasting life? No, not in a future everlasting but in an everlasting life here. There are moments, you reach moments, and time comes to a sudden stop, and it will become eternal.” BelieveMomentsEternalEverlastingEverlasting Life Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. We are the Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our Great Eternal Head. How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him?” BelieveWould BeJesusEasyChristChurchEternalJesus ChristSalvationConvincedMissionaryMissionary Work Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Not its attainment, nor its final definition, but its pursuit. I believe in the journey, not the arrival; in conversation, not monologues; in multiple questions rather than any single answer. I believe in the struggle to remake ourselves and challenge each other in the spirit of eternal forgiveness, in the awareness that none of us knows for sure what happiness truly is, but each of us knows the imperative to keep searching. I believe in the possibility of surprising joy, of serenity through pain, of homecoming through exile.” KnowsBelievePainJoySpiritI BelieveChallengesAnswersStruggleJourneyAwarenessPossibilityConversationEternalFinalsDefinitionsI Believe InPursuitSurprisingSerenityMultipleExileImperativesPursuit Of HappinessAttainmentArrivalsRemakesMonologuesHomecoming Author:Andrew Sullivan
“I destroy because for me everything that proceeds from reason is untrustworthy. I believe only in the evidence of what stirs my marrow, not in the evidence of what addresses itself to my reason. I have found levels in the realm of the nerve. I now feel capable of evaluating the evidence. There is for me an evidence in the realm of pure flesh which has nothing to do with the evidence of reason. The eternal conflict between reason and the heart is decided in my very flesh, but in my flesh irrigated by nerves.” FeelsBelieveHeartReasonFoundI BelieveLevelsPureConflictEternalCapableEvidenceDecidedFleshRealmsAddressesNervesMarrowUntrustworthy Author:Antonin Artaud
“But all I could see was her. No skill of mine, no artist anywhere, could’ve immortalized how gorgeous she was. It was impossible to believe she’d ever had any doubts about her body. The firelight shone on her skin, golden and perfect, making her look like some radiant goddess of legend. I wanted to kneel before her and offer eternal obedience.” BelieveLooksBodyWantedArtistPerfectDoubtImpossibleMinesOffersSkillsEternalSkinsGoldenObedienceLegendsGoddessGorgeousRadiant Author:Richelle Mead
“Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.” IfsBelieveHeartMayTogetherLastsLove IsRelationshipEternalDistancePermanentTemporaryLast TimeOur LoveIf You BelieveLong DistanceDistance RelationshipLong Distance RelationshipLong Distance LoveLong Distance RelationGood Long Distance RelationshipLong Distance Relationship LoveShort Long Distance RelationshipDistance LoveInspiring Long Distance RelationshipLove And DistanceStrong Long Distance RelationshipLove And Long DistanceLong Distance True LoveNew Long Distance RelationshipSad Long Distance RelationshipSweet Long Distance RelationshipInspirational Long Distance RelationshipCute Long Distance RelationshipTime And DistanceCute Long Distance LoveInspirational Long Distance Author:Ben Harper
“The bending of men's hearts to believe and persevere are the supernatural fruits of God's eternal decree, and not the natural fruits of man's depraved and frail free-will.” MenBelieveHeartNaturalEternalFruitFree WillPersevereDecreeFrailBendingDepraved Author:William Jenkyn
“Do not be attached to the past or wait for the future. Be grateful for each day, that is enough. I do not believe in a future world, I deny the past. I believe entirely in the present. Employ your entire body and mind in the eternal now.” WorldMindBelieveEnoughBodyPastTimeBeliefI BelieveWaitingEternalEternityGratefulDenyEach DayBe GratefulMind And BodyFuture World Author:Santoka Taneda
“The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly: for I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. But this is all they have to fear from me: and enough, too, in their opinion.” MenMindBelieveEnoughFormReligionPresidentReligiousChristianityOpinionEternalPositive AtheismTyrannyCivil RightsOppositionPortionsSchemesHostilityAltarsChurch And StateFounding Fathers ChristianClergyFounding Fathers ReligionReligion GodFounding Fathers Anti ReligionFounding Fathers Of AmericaAmerican Founding FathersDeismChristianity From Founding FathersReligion ChristianFaith ReligionChristian God Book:The Life and Writings of ... Source: The Life and Writings of ...
“The new spirituality will also base itself on a third very large spiritual understanding, which is that life is eternal. Most religious people claim to believe that, but very few people actually live as if that were true.” PeopleIfsBelieveSoulSpiritualLife IsSpiritualityLiteratureUnderstandingReligiousEternalThirdsClaims Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“And I am still alive-what though, my damnation is eternal. A man who deliberately mutilates himself is truly damned, is he not? I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am.” MenBelieveStillsI BelieveHellAliveEternalInjuryDamnationSelf Injury Book:A Season in Hell and Other Poems Source: A Season in Hell and Other Poems
“Eternal punishment must be eternal cruelty, and I do not see how any man, unless he has the brain of an idiot, or the heart of a wild beast, can believe in eternal punishment.” MenBelieveHeartReligionBrainAtheismEternalPunishmentCrueltyIdiotBeastWild Beasts Author:Robert Green Ingersoll
“Paradise had four rivers that watered the earth.... and howsoever neglected by many, they make glad the city of God. So Bernard sweetly: Eternal life is granted to us in election, promised in our vocation, sealed in our justification, possessed in our glorification. Conclude then, faithfully to thy own soul. I believe, therefore I am justified; I am justified, therefore I am sanctified; I am sanctified, therefore I am called; I am called, therefore I am elected; I am elected, therefore I shall be saved. Oh! settled comfort of joy, which ten thousand devils shall never make void.” BelieveSoulEarthLife IsJoyI BelieveCitiesFourComfortThousandTenEternalDevilRiversElectionSavedGladGrantedParadiseVoidPossessedJustificationVocationJustifiedNeglectedEternal LifeGlorificationCity Of God Author:Thomas Adams
“My salvation does not hinge on my emotions. I have an official record. I have the Word of God: "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God: that ye may know that ye have eternal life."” KnowsBelieveMayDoeReligionNamesEmotionRecordsWrittenSonEternalSalvationOfficialsWord Of GodEternal LifeHinges Author:Adrian Rogers
“Now I will avow, that I then believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God; and that those principles of liberty are as unalterable as human nature and our terrestrial, mundane system.” BelieveHumansExistenceLibertyMoralChristianityPrinciplesHuman NatureEternalEthicsAttributesFoundingMundaneOur Founding FathersFounding Fathers ChristianUs Founding FathersFounding Fathers Of AmericaFounding AmericaAmerican Founding FathersChristianity From Founding FathersRevolution Founding FathersMoral EthicsAttributes Of God Book:Correspondence Source: Correspondence