“I don't believe there's anything in life you can't go back and fix. The ancient Vedas - the oldest Hindu philosophy - and modern science agree that time is an illusion. If that's true, there's no such thing as a past or a future - it's all one huge now. So what you fix now affects the past and the future.” IfsBelievePhilosophyPastModernHugeIllusionAgreeDon't BelieveAncientModern ScienceAnything In LifeVedas Author:Alan Arkin
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. Even those of the intelligent who believe that they have a nostrum are too individualistic to combine with other intelligent men from whom they differ on minor points.” MenWorldBelieveCausesDoubtTroubleModernStupidIntelligentFundamentalsMinorsModern WorldIntelligent ManIndividualistic Book:Mortals and Others, Volume II: American Essays 1931-1935 Source: Mortals and Others, Volume II: American Essays 1931-1935
“All of modern physics is governed by that magnificent and thoroughly confusing discipline called quantum mechanics ... It has survived all tests and there is no reason to believe that there is any flaw in it. We all know how to use it and how to apply it to problems; and so we have learned to live with the fact that nobody can understand it.” KnowsBelieveReasonFactsUseProblemKnow HowModernDisciplineTestsPhysicsNo ReasonFlawsQuantumMagnificentSurvivedMechanicConfusingQuantum MechanicsModern Physics Author:Murray Gell-Mann
“The United States has more people living in poverty than at almost any time in the modern history of our country. I believe that in a democratic, civilized society none of our people should be hungry or living in desperation. We need to expand Social Security, not cut it. We need to increase funding for nutrition programs, not cut them.” PeopleNeedsShouldBelieveCountryStatesI BelieveSocialUnitedPovertyUnited StatesCuttingModernSecurityProgramIncreaseDemocraticHungryOur CountryCivilizedNutritionDesperationSocial SecurityFundingCivilized SocietyModern History Author:Bernie Sanders
“We all have faith in something: usually a mixture of some personal beliefs with modern science. I am not like that. Mostly I just believe in what personally has worked for me.” BelieveBeliefModernHave FaithMixturesModern ScienceJust BelievePersonal Beliefs Author:James Altucher
“Death and dying provide a meeting-point between the Tibetan Buddhist and modern scientific traditions. I believe both have a great deal to contribute to each other on the level of understanding and of practical benefit.” BelieveI BelieveUnderstandingLevelsDealsModernDyingBenefitsTraditionMeetingsPracticalsBuddhistDeath And DyingTibetanTibetan Buddhist Author:Dalai Lama
“Because the people of New Hampshire take their responsibilities as citizens of the Republic seriously, they keep it interesting for candidates who, believe it or not, can get a little tired of the mannered, predictable, and unimaginative qualities that typically afflict modern political campaigns.” PeopleBelieveLittlesPoliticalInterestingQualityResponsibilityModernCitizensTiredCampaignsCandidatesRepublicPredictableHampshireNew HampshirePolitical Campaign Author:John McCain
“By 1975 - and continuing to today - all Americans came to believe that they had a "right" to a safe, clean, healthy environment. When I grew up, no one seriously criticized the steel mills and paper mills for the deadly stench they produced - that was the smell of prosperity. In the modern society, no one would tolerate such conditions in an American city.” BelieveTodayCitiesEnvironmentModernConditionsGrewHealthySafePaperGrew UpCleanProsperitySmellTolerateContinuingSteelMillsModern SocietyAmerican CitiesHealthy Environment Author:Denis Hayes
“Speed is one of the great curses of modern civilization, obsession with speed leads to quantitative approach; we come to believe that more is better. This is very materialistic, we have to realize that it is the quality of life, quality of relationships, quality of food, medicine, education and everything else which matters.” BelieveMatterRealizingQualityModernCivilizationApproachMedicineSpeedObsessionCurseQuality Of LifeMaterialisticModern CivilizationFood MedicineMore Is Better Author:Satish Kumar
“I believe in public funding of elections, absolutely. But this system iscurrently very antiquated and no longer applies to modern day politics.” BelieveI BelieveModernElectionI Believe InFundingModern Day Author:Bernie Sanders