"Every individual has the power to change his or her material or financial status by first changing the nature of his or her beliefs."
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"Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause."
"It is comfortable to live in the belief that you are great, though your greatness is latent."
"We intend freedom and justice to conquer. Yes, we do have a creed and we wish others to share it. But it is not part of our policy to impose our beliefs by force or threat of force."
"My position is that we should not succumb to irrational belief."
"The fear of health care changing is beyond belief. Like there's a way to make the system worse. Really?"
"To a commonplace man of limited intellect, for instance, nothing is simpler than to imagine himself an original character, and to revel in that belief without the slightest misgiving."
"If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own."
"The worst cynicism: a belief in luck."
"I have nothing to lose by standing up and following my beliefs. So I'll go to jail, so what? We have been in jail for years."
"If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change."
"I think conservatives should be confident in our beliefs and go push them everywhere we can and go to non-traditional communities. It's a no-brainer."
"There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesmen."
"Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth."
"No human beings are more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief"
"The word 'belief' is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it."
"Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before."
"I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it."
"Never answer a critic, unless he's right."
"I think it’s better to have ideas. You can change an idea; changing a belief is trickier."