"I saw that philosophy had no power to make my life more bearable. Thus I lost my belief in philosophy."
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"Words and a book and a belief that the world is words."
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"I have the belief in boldness. What I generally lack is the boldness itself. Because boldness doesn't feel bold. It feels scared not brave."
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"Conceive + Believe = Achieve."
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"Even our beliefs have become trend statements. We don’t even believe things because we believe them anymore. We only believe things because they are cool things to believe."
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"Even our beliefs have become trend statements."
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"I remember that the priest finally said to me, 'You wouldn't like to have a religion that makes things easy for you.' Now I know that both faith and intellect are components of religious belief."
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"We are programmed by our past beliefs, which we inherited from our parents, our cultural traditions sometimes, and our social conditioning."
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"Even the most time-honoured truths do not have to be accepted until they are your truths."
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"All belief is a cover-up for insecurity"
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"Being constantly surprised about what nature can create, that inspires me beyond belief."
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"I cant see any great evidence that humans have any ability to access anything other than the material world. Beyond that, who knows, but theres no good evidence that would take me to any particular belief."
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"Christians and Muslims share the belief that they are the fortunate recipient of the final God message."
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"It is my deep personal conviction that abortion is wrong. I hope that some day we will see the current outrageously large number of abortions drop sharply...let me assure you that I share youR belief that innocent human life must be protected."
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"George Orwell once wrote that a false belief sooner or later collides with physical reality, usually on a battlefield."
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"It had been a humdrum couple of days, reaffirming his belief in reincarnation: everything was so boring that this could not be the first time he'd experienced it."
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"... I have always fallen for ads. The sweetheart of J. Walter Thompson, I have a peasant-like belief in whatever miracle they profess to effect."
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"None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error."
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"All knowledge, we feel, must be built up upon our instinctive beliefs; and if these are rejected, nothing is left."
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"A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible."
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