#belief

This required the development of a view which allowed one to integrate research with belief, thing with person, fact with aesthetics, knowledge with application of knowledge. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

#application #belief #development #fact #integrate

To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life - bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#actually #alignment #attain #begin #beliefs

The scientific and scholarly community is marked by the belief that the truth is to be found in all; none can claim it as their monopoly. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

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These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our scientific beliefs. These premisses or beliefs are embodied in a tradition, the tradition of science. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

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This past year has been very turbulent for the Middle East, and my conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu strengthened my belief that we need to remain vigilant in our support of our critical ally. ↗

— Rob Portman

#been #belief #conversation #critical #east

[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the truth." "No, they do not. They are afraid, that is all. And they must remain on earth until they come to the way of leaving it." "And how do they leave? How is the ascent made? Must one learn virtue?" Here she laughs. "You have read too much, and learned too little. Virtue is a road, not a destination. Man cannot be virtuous. Understanding is the goal. When that is achieved, the soul can take wing. ↗

— Iain Pears

#enlightenment #fear #mankind #philosophy #soul

It is this power structure which the Radical Right in the United States has been attacking for years in the belief that they are attacking the Communists. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#been #belief #communists #power #power structure

But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything. ↗

— Pat Robertson

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A lot of scientists act on their beliefs and so do things that look crazy to the rest of us. ↗

— Kim Stanley Robinson

#beliefs #crazy #look #lot #rest