#belief

Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for sex underlies teachings, this creates a breeding ground for abuse. ↗

— Mary Garden

#beliefs #breeding #child #child abuse #children

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#belief #community #corrupt #cynical #existence

I thought the divorce statistics would never apply to me. I was beyond heartbroken when they did. But I got up and got on with it. I also kept my belief in marriage. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#apply #belief #beyond #did #divorce

Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#disbelief #ignorance #lack #regardless #truth

Since I was not able wholly to subscribe to any one set of beliefs advanced by any 'guru' I had to fall back on my own, however derivative. ↗

— Anthony Storr

#advanced #any #back #beliefs #derivative

Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#beings #beliefs #biographies #collapses #determined

Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#am #basic #belief #brings #democracy

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#business #disbelief #force #government #into

Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#bravery #courage #fear #fears #inspirational

Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#anybody #beliefs #comfortable #entitled #everyone