#belief

In the context of interfaith encounter, we need to bring to the surface how our actual beliefs shape what we do - not simply to agree that kindness is better than cruelty. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

#agree #beliefs #better #bring #context

I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#boring #here #i #neither #nor

I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#belief #charity #christian #deep #especially

Ir todėl iš visų jėgų stengiasi gyventi: mylėti taip, kaip dar niekas iki jų nemylėjo, tikėti taip, kaip dar niekas iki jų netikėjo, norėti taip, kaip dar niekas iki jų nenorėjo, ir galiausiai perkelti tai, kas dar niekada nebuvo perkelta. ↗

— Marius Ivaškevičius

#faith #life #lithuanian #love #faith

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs. ↗

— Thomas Wolfe

#arts #beliefs #culture #elevated #set

There are many countries where you can only believe more or you can believe less. But in the United States we have this incredible smorgasbord, and it really interests me why people are drawn to one faith rather than another, especially to a system of belief that to an outsider seems absurd or dangerous. ↗

— Lawrence Wright

#another #belief #believe #countries #dangerous

I'm a Christian, and those beliefs occasionally come out in the books. ↗

— John Grisham

#books #christian #come #i #occasionally

The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#concerning #ethical #great #human #human life

Being, belief and reason are pure relations, which cannot be dealt with absolutely, and are not things but pure scholastic concepts, signs for understanding, not for worshipping, aids to awaken our attention, not to fetter it. ↗

— Johann Georg Hamann

#aids #attention #awaken #being #belief

Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active. ↗

— Edith Hamilton

#belief #faith #passive