"If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them."
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"Knowledge and belief are sometimes worlds apart."
"No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately."
"Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse."
"Great unhappiness is incompatible with the belief that it will ever end."
"I believe long habits of virtue have a sensible effect on the countenance."
"To the wizard death is merely a belief."
"At some point, a false belief collides with physical reality."
"Belief in a Divine mission is one of the many forms of certainty that have afflicted the human race."
"You are not what you think you are, but what you THINK, you ARE."
"It is the belief and not the god that counts."
"One in whom persuasion and belief Had ripened into faith, and faith become A passionate intuition."
"The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief"
"All these companies that grew to any sizable proportions were all founded with a belief or a cause bigger than their products or services. It was their products or services that helped them bring that cause to life."
"Let any man speak long enough, he will get believers."
"Self-confidence is nothing more than belief in one’s ability to decide and in one’s decisions."
"This belief in the necessity of English training has enslaved us. It has unfitted us for true national service."
"Start with the belief that your life can indeed be changed, and that you have the power to change it."
"We do have the ability to shift our paradigms - by shifting our belief systems, by working on ourselves, by looking very closely at how we show up in the world. It's why I'm into health and wellness. It's why my partner and I are very focused on creating a life that is about being connected; it's about being present. Because my life was probably so much in the past. I was so fearful. I was so fearful of the future because I was so scared of my past. So if you can work towards being present, then you can shift."
"What is gayer than believing in a household god?"