#beliefs

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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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

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The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs. ↗

— James Lane Allen

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Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader. ↗

— Rudy Giuliani

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The price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that someday they might force their beliefs on us. ↗

— Mario Cuomo

#force #might #others #our #price

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

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You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against. ↗

— Hayden Fry

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In thinking about miracles, I believe that our frame of reference has been too dramatic. We have been looking for the burning bush, the parting of the sea, the bellowing voice from heaven. Instead we should be looking at the ordinary day-to-day events in our lives for evidence of the miraculous, maintaining at the same time a scientific orientation. ↗

— M. Scott Peck

#miracles #religion #love

The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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