#belief

It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone, one of the oldest and most universal beliefs, the origin of which, however far back we penetrate into the records of the past, we do not probably trace its real source. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

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Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose, it seems to me, must be the improvement of mankind. ↗

— James Rouse

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The belief that the animals exist because God created them - and that he created them so we can better meet our needs - is contrary to our scientific understanding of evolution and, of course, to the fossil record, which shows the existence of non-human primates and other animals millions of years before there were any human beings at all. ↗

— Peter Singer

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