No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.
George Bernard ShawI had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind.
Francis BaconThe march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.
Thomas SowellThere is an afterlife. I am convinced of this.
Paulo CoelhoIntolerance betrays want of faith in one’s cause.
Mahatma GandhiIn order for the United States to do the right things for the long term, it appears to be helpful for us to have the prospect of humiliation. Sputnik helped us fund good science – really good science: the semiconductor came out of it.
Bill GatesRomance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
Oscar WildeIf you believe in science, like I do, you believe that there are certain laws that are always obeyed.
Stephen HawkingThe Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI have always believed in God.
Joel OsteenIf you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
EpictetusI was not an anthropology student prior to the war. I took it up as part of a personal readjustment following some bewildering experiences as an infantryman and later as a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany. The science of the Study of Man has been extremely satisfactory from that personal standpoint.
Kurt VonnegutThose who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
VoltaireScience is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.
Stephen HawkingMy belief is that we were put into this world of wonders and beauty with a special ability to appreciate them, in some cases to have the fun of taking a hand in developing them, and also in being able to help other people instead of overreaching them and, through it all, to enjoy life – that is, to be happy.
Robert Baden-PowellThe fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can’t make anybody believe that he has it.
Will RogersOne science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.
Alexander PopeTo the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.
Abraham LincolnThe less you know, the more you believe.
BonoNothing is more dangerous to one’s own faith than the work of an apologist. No doctrine of that faith seems to me so spectral, so unreal as one that I have just successfully defended in a public debate.
C. S. LewisI believe in being an innovator.
Walt DisneyI do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
BuddhaMemories are thoughts that arise. They’re not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it’s just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.
Eckhart TolleFaith is easy; I think people complicate it.
Joel OsteenNone are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNo evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.
SocratesScience without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Albert EinsteinI confused things with their names: that is belief.
Jean-Paul SartreI’ve had faith my whole life that there was someone looking out for me, a spirit guide, a soul guide.
Lady GagaBecause atomic behavior is so unlike ordinary experience, it is very difficult to get used to, and it appears peculiar and mysterious to everyone – both to the novice and to the experienced physicist.
Richard P. FeynmanI believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.
Maya AngelouConversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.
Dalai LamaThere’s plenty about God that I don’t understand and can’t explain. But I come back to my core belief that God is good, that He’s for us.
Joel OsteenHope is favorable and confident expectation; it’s an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we’re facing.
Joyce MeyerI believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic.
Lana Del ReyGod wants to help us… He loves us… we are His children. But He will not force His help on us at any time. He sees us when we struggle and fight and complain our way through things. And I believe it breaks His heart, when all we have to do is ask Him for help.
Joyce MeyerEvery man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
Samuel JohnsonI think that when we know that we actually do live in uncertainty, then we ought to admit it; it is of great value to realize that we do not know the answers to different questions. This attitude of mind – this attitude of uncertainty – is vital to the scientist, and it is this attitude of mind which the student must first acquire.
Richard P. FeynmanThe root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
Francis BaconCursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make.
John RuskinOur existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we’re atheist. Our existence is beyond our understanding. No one has an answer.
Anthony HopkinsWas Jesus the son of God? Yes. But so are you. You just haven’t realized it yet.
Eckhart TolleFaith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.
Martin LutherThe mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerEvery man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaWe think when God speaks to us, there’s going to be a boom out of Heaven or we’re going to get some chill bumps, but I really believe God’s talking to us all the time. He’s talking to us right in here. I call it our heart, our conscience, but it’s the Holy Spirit talking to us.
Joel OsteenScience, as everyone knows, is responsible, moderate, unsentimental, and otherwise good.
Noam ChomskyEvolution was far more thrilling to me than the biblical account. Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel? To my juvenile eyes, Darwin was proved true every day. It doesn’t take much to make us flip back into monkeys again.
Terry PratchettI believe in that old adage that ‚as goes California, so goes the country.‘
Kamala HarrisScience is a tool, and we invent tools to do things we want. It’s a question of how those tools are used by people.
Margaret AtwoodTo assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.
Albert CamusScience and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth.
Margaret AtwoodThere is no hope of anyone going to Heaven unless they believe this truth I am presenting. You cannot go to Heaven unless you believe with all your heart that Jesus took your place in Hell.
Joyce MeyerBelieve that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
William JamesIf you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.
Ayrton SennaI take inspiration from everyone and everything. I’m inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.
Conor McGregorWe clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.
Joyce MeyerEvery man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.
Martin LutherI always try to put a seed of hope into people’s hearts. I’m not there to teach them doctrine necessarily, but to let them know that God is a good God, and has a plan for their lives. Hopefully, that will restore their faith, or draw them into faith.
Joel OsteenIf I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.
Marcus Tullius Cicero