#Beliefs

"I had a standing agreement with god. I'd agree to believe in him, barely, so long as he let me sleep in on Sundays."

"We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years but it isn't smart for them to continue waiting all their lives for him to come down the chimney with something wonderful. Santa Claus and God are cousins."

"Humanity does not suffer from the disease of wrong beliefs but humanity suffers from the contagious nature of the lack of belief. If you have no magic with you it is not because magic does not exist but it is because you do not believe in it. Even if the sun shines brightly upon your skin every day, if you do not believe in the sunlight, the sunlight for you does not exist."

"Elder mocked me for praying once, and i spent an hour berating him for that. He ended up throwing up his hands, laughing, and telling me i could believe whatever i wanted if i was going to hold onto my beliefs so hard."

"To feel more fulfilled your actions and activities need to be in alignment with what you deem important."

"Senses of humor define people, as factions, deeper rooted than religious or political opinions. When carrying out everyday tasks, opinions are rather easy to set aside, but those whom a person shares a sense of humor with are his closest friends. They are always there to make the biggest influence."

"Insanity is everyone expecting you not to fall apart when you find out everything you believed in was a lie."

"My desire and wish is that the things I start with should be so obvious that you wonder why I spend my time stating them. This is what I aim at because the point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it."

"The world is a goddamned evil place, the strong prey on the weak, the rich on the poor; I’ve given up hope that there is a God that will save us all. How am I supposed to believe that there’s a heaven and a hell when all I see now is hell."

"There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it."

"Your beliefs will be the light by which you see, but they will not be what you see and they will not be a substitute for seeing."

"In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing."

"If love had feathers and tasted like dog food, then I suggest you wear shoes with your banana pudding. (This statement also defines my political beliefs)."

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

"Trust comes from courage; beliefs are derived from fear."

"Some people think driving is speeding the car. Only to find out. Driving is not speeding the car but is being able to control the car."

"It is more substantial to represent a purpose, rather than just a title."

"I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs."

"Image is only temporal. Substance endures. Who said, "Image is everything"? And who believed it?"

"Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around."