“I believe that if the silent majority were to protest against those who believe in irrational blind faith - who want to go backwards instead of forward, who are for tradition not innovation, who oppose individualism and plurality of thought - then the world would become a truly civilized world in which to live.” IfsWorldWantBelieveI BelieveTraditionInnovationBlindMajoritySilentProtestCivilizedIndividualismIrrationalBackwardsBlindnessBlind FaithSilent Majority Author:Taslima Nasrin
“I have never concealed the fact and said it before the court in 1938 that I came from an anti-Semitic past and tradition... I ask only that you look at my life historically and take it as history. I believe that from 1933 I truly represented the Lutheran-Christian outlook on the Jewish question - as I revealed before the court - but that I returned home after eight years' imprisonment as a completely different person.” YearsBelieveLooksPersonsSaidDifferentFactsHomeChristianPastAsksI BelieveTraditionCourtEightOutlookConcealedImprisonmentAnti SemiticLutherans Author:Martin Niemoller
“I believe indeed that to rescue the humanist tradition of the last decades is of the utmost importance, and that Victor Serge is one of the outstanding personalities representing the socialist aspect of humanism.” BelieveLastsI BelievePersonalityAspectTraditionImportanceHumanismDecadesHumanistRescueSocialistOutstandingRepresenting Author:Erich Fromm
“I believe that there is a God, and coming from an African tradition, I believe also that there are gods.” BelieveI BelieveTradition Author:Ishmael Beah
“I'm more often confronted by women who come from religious traditions and don't feel that they have a place in the feminist movement. I've felt pressure when reporters asked me, "Do you believe in God?" I do say, "No. I believe in people."” PeopleFeelsBelieveI BelieveFeltReligiousMovementTraditionPressureFeministI Believe InBelieve In GodReportersReligious TraditionsFeminist Movement Author:Gloria Steinem
“We are always giving foreign names to very native things. If there is a thing that reeks of the glorious tradition of the old English tavern, it is toasted cheese. But for some wild reason we call it Welsh rarebit. I believe that what we call Irish stew might more properly be called English stew, and that it is not particularly familiar in Ireland.” IfsGivingBelieveReasonMightNamesI BelieveFoodTraditionFamiliarGloriousNativeIrelandCheeseStewWelshTavernsOld English Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton