#belief

"What gave you this idea of an imperfect god?''I don't know. It seems quite feasible to me. That is the only god I could imagine believing in, a god whose passion is not a redemption, who saves nothing, fulfills no purpose--a god who simply is."

"Nobody wants to look like a fool. Nine times out of ten, thatreason alone keeps people from allowing themselves to believe."

"The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency -- the belief that the here and now is all there is."

"Living in a world such as this is like dancing on a live volcano."

"I have no argument with those who see in organized religion a template or an imperative to live life according to a prescribed set of beliefs. Just give others the room, within the laws of civil society, to believe or not believe whatever they like."

"Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs."

"We must be careful more than ever what we let our hearts believe in."

"Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel."

"Believe, my child. Faith is the food of survival."

"There's a lot of pride involved in my refusal to believe in god."

"I think a funny picture would have a caption that read, “Believe in yourself,” with an accompanying image of a wilting flower."

"It's as if inside the White House the belief in Obama's inspirational charisma is still such that every time the ugliness of brute politics intrudes, it's a startling revelation."

"I accept the Organic Trinity of Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal with as much authority as I accept the Holy Trinity. Both are sacred."

"Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy."

"You don’t have to stay trapped in your thoughts just because you think them."

"His name was Tom Tombstone, and if he had a middle name it was probably Death. But I didn’t call him Tom, or even Mr. Tombstone, because he introduced himself as Robert Winston. And I wondered how this stranger could shake my hand, look me in the eye, smile, and expect me to believe such a bold-faced lie?"

"في بعض الأحيان ، نتخلى عن درب ما ، لأننا ببساطة لا نؤمن بها . وهذا سهل ، فكل ما علينا فعله إثبات أن تلك الطريق ليست لنا . لكن الأحداث التي تبدأ بالحصول ، والإلهام الذي يأتينا خلال مسيرتنا ،يبعثان فينا الخوف من المتابعة"

"I respect you as a person too much to respect your ridiculous beliefs."

"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them."

"There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group."