#belief

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#ashamed #author #belief #boundaries #critics

Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#changed #consolation #crutch #evidence #harm

I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

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Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs. ↗

— Guy Debord

#ignorance #periods #quotations #useful

Why do people embrace God? In my opinion, belief in God and an afterlife is a necessary extension of man's need to feel that this life does not end with what we call death. ↗

— Robert Vaughn

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It's my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain. ↗

— Lily Tomlin

#belief #complain #deep #developed #inner

Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world. ↗

— Albert Ellis

#bring #closer #getting #good #rational

There are lots of people out there who think they know the truth about God and religion, but does anybody really know for sure? That's why the founding fathers built freedom of religious belief into the structure of this nation, so that everybody could make up their minds for themselves. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#anybody #belief #built #could #does

Throughout that period, Japan had made honest efforts to keep the destruction of war from spreading and, based on the belief that all nations of the world should find their places, had followed a policy designed to restore an expeditious peace between Japan and China. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#based #belief #between #china #designed

I believe in prayer and in strong belief. ↗

— Tina Turner

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