#beliefs

Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#fashions #ideals #worldviews #zeitgeist #men

I don't differentiate much, except in degree, between people who believe in religion from those who believe in astrology, magic or the supernatural. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#astrology #atheism #belief #beliefs #magic

Leaders that wear the largest hats have few armies to attack a land so this leads them to be sly and cunning as they extend their hand. ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

#religion

I am myself a dissenter from all known religions, and I hope that every kind of religious belief will die out. I do not believe that, on the balance, religious belief has been a force for good. Although I am prepared to admit that in certain times and places it has had some good effects, I regard it as belonging to the infancy of human reason, and to a stage of development which we are now outgrowing. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#rationality #religion #religion

We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours. ↗

— James Baldwin

#deeds #denied #even #experience #finding

In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs. ↗

— David Herbert Donald

#anything #attempts #beliefs #countrymen #day

You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs. ↗

— Bryan Clay

#follow #sacrifice #who #you #your

We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#beliefs #christian #christianity #democracy #dependent

When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs. ↗

— Cindy Crawford

#become #being #being in love #beliefs #children

The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it, with all the beliefs they bring along - however retrograde those beliefs may appear to those of us who see ourselves as enlightened. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#appear #available #beliefs #bring #change