#belief

And this shows that sometimes people want to be stupid and they do not want to know the truth. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#intelligence #stupidity #truth #intelligence

What each of us believes in is up to us, but life is impossible without believing in something. ↗

— Kentetsu Takamori

#buddhism #japan #religion #spirituality #life

The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us. ↗

— St. Thomas Aquinas

#god #joy #life #spirituality #life

There are so many things I can't believe. That people deserve what they get, both bad and good. That one day I'll live in a world where people are judged by what they do instead of who they are. That happy endings don't have contingencies and conditions. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life #life

We no longer believe because it is absurd: it is absurd because we must believe. ↗

— Julio Cortázar

#belief #life #life

In a brutal country like ours, where human life is 'cheap', it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs? High ideas? Only people in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#sacrifice #life

Not all can believe anything they want to, because not all have the ability to believe. ↗

— Toba Beta

#belief #chance #gift #life #truth

We want what's in this world but we also want what ain't. ↗

— Ron Rash

#impossible-things #life #possible #the-world #life

The absolutely awesome incredible power of belief is the genie in your life. ↗

— Eldon Taylor

#genie #life #power #life

Joy isn't grounded in our circumstances; it is grounded in the unchanging character of God. ↗