"The transition from Religion to Scientific contemplation is a violent, dangerous leap, which is not to be recommended. In order to make this transition, art is far rather to be employed to relieve the mind overburdened with emotions. Out of the illogical comes much good. It is so firmly rooted in the passions, in language, in art, in religion, and generally in everything which gives value to life. It is only the naive people who can believe that the nature of man can be changed into a purely logical one. We have yet to learn that others can suffer, and this can never be completely learned."
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"The most pressing question on the problem of faith is whether a man as a civilized being can believe in the divinity of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, for therein rests the whole of our faith."
"How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hand."
"When all is said and done, the one sole condition that makes spiritual happiness and preserves it is the absence of doubt."
"I don't believe there is anything in the whole earth that you can't learn in Berlin except the German language."
"It was the schoolboy who said, ""Faith is believing what you know ain't so."""
"Alas! I do not believe that inspiration falls from heaven. think it rather the result of a profound indolence."
"Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest."
"Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631 He was the Word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what that Word did make it I do believe, and take it."
"The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to mention hurting your confidence. Believe in your potential and then go out and explore it; don't limit it."
"I believe in an America ... where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches, or any other ecclesiastical source."
"We are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be."
"I was born into Bolívar's labyrinth, and so I must believe in the hope of Rabelais' Great Perhaps."
"Hazel GRACE!” he shouted. “You did not use your one dying Wish to go to Disney World with your parents.” “Also Epcot Center,” I mumbled. “Oh, my God,” Augustus said. “I can’t believe I have a crush on a girl with such cliché wishes."
"I believe that eating simple food in a healthy body with a clean conscience is more pleasurable, and infinitely more satisfying, then eating decadent food that makes you and your world ill."
"You have to move to your own beat. There will be times when no one believes in you or understands what you're doing and why you are doing it. The most important thing is for you to believe in you. Following your own vision is one of the only things that will sustain you."
"I have come to believe that giving and receiving are really the same. Giving and receiving - not giving and taking"
"Do you serve God or do you serve your feelings? Believe the Word of God over and above your feelings."
"I believe cats to be spirits come to earth."
"I believe in the curative powers of love as the English believe in tea or Catholics believe in the Miracle of Lourdes."