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Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician
Belief

"The more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs."

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Albert Einstein Physicist
Belief

"The opinion prevailed among advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly by knowledge; belief that did not itself rest on knowledge was superstition, and as such had to be opposed."

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Vaclav Havel Politician, Playwright
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"Hope is not a feeling. It is not the belief that things will turn out well, but the conviction that what you are doing makes sense, no matter how things turn out."

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Robert Browning Poet, Playwright
Belief

"I write from a thorough conviction that it is the duty of me, and with the belief that, after every drawback and shortcoming, I do my best, all things considered--that is for me, and, so being, the not being listened to by one human creature would, I hope, in nowise affect me."

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
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"A Sannyasin cannot belong to any religion, for his is a life of independent thought, which draws from all religions; his is a life of realisation, not merely of theory or belief, much less of dogma."

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Olivia Newton-John Singer, Actress
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"I think that I've always been on a search. I have my own kind of belief in love is the being, but I think that I've always been searching for truth and I think there's lots of truths and I think we should respect that in each other, and that's really what I wanted to bring across."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Belief

"Do not flatter yourselves with the belief that a mere recital of that celebrated verse in St. John makes a man a Christian."

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Zig Ziglar Author, Motivational Speaker
Belief

"When you develop a game plan to get what you want, you will develop a belief that you can get it."

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Author, Statistician
Belief

"If you let markets - in general, my belief is that if you let markets give you information, they'll give you the information rather than artificially prop up everything."

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George Eliot Novelist, Poet, Journalist
Belief

"I am influenced at the present time by far higher considerations and by a nobler idea of duty than I ever was when I held the Evangelical belief."

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