Quotes about Belief (page 4)

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“You must understand that seeing is believing, but also know that believing is seeing.”
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“Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.”
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“With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing.”
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“To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.”
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“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.”
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“In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.”
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“If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?”
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“Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.”
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“With the majority of people unbelief in one thing is founded on the blind belief in another.”
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“What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.”
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“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
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“We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep level we can have or deserve.”
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“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.”
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“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.”
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“More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.”
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“All are inclined to believe what they covet, from a lottery-ticket up to a passport to Paradise.”
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“That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.”
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“The abdication of belief makes the behavior small -- better an ignis fatuus than no illume at all.”
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“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”
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“As I get older I seem to believe less and less and yet to believe what I do believe more and more.”
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“He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.”
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“He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.”
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“It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.”
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“What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.”
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“Every time a child says, ''I don't believe in fairies,'' there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.”
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“No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.”
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“Believe that you possess a basic goodness, which is the foundation for the greatness you can ultimately achieve.”
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“Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early.”
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