#eli

So that's my philosophy: If you believe in yourself, the chances and the opportunities will come around. ↗

— Mindy Cohn

#believe #believe in yourself #chances #come #opportunities

The sciences were financially supported, honoured everywhere, universally pursued; they were like tall edifices supported by strong foundations. Then the Christian religion appeared in Byzantium and the centres of learning were eliminated, their vestiges effaced and the edifice of Greek learning was obliterated. Everything the ancient Greeks had brought to light vanished, and the discoveries of the ancients were altered out of recognition. ↗

— Mas'udi

#byzantium #christianity #religion #science #religion

I am obliged to believe certain opinions myself. No man's belief will save me except my own. ↗

— Anthony Collins

#belief #believe #certain #except #i

Feelings are universal, and if an actor's doing his job, I think he's making people sit there, and if it's in a movie or a theatre, going 'Hmm, yeah, I know that... I know that.' ↗

— Jeffrey Combs

#doing #feelings #going #his #hmm

The fact that religions, which usually have at their core a promotion of tolerance and peace, have been exploited to carry out violence clearly indicates that individuals and groups have not discovered the true "peace message" that is inherent in almost every religion. (by Cilliers, Ch. 3, p. 55) ↗

— David R. Smock

#peacebuilding #religion #spirituality #violence #religion

Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her. ↗

— James Hal Cone

#before #believer #black #community #faith

Religion is the bane of humanity as Christianity is its salvation. ↗

— Sonia Rumzi

#humanity #religion #religion

And while over-indulgence destroys the virtues, frugality destroys the stronghold of vice. ↗

— St. Neilos

#monasticism #religion #religion

If you believe in your art, and you love what you do, that energy will go out, and people will respond. ↗

— Ray Conniff

#believe #energy #go #love #out

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#belief #brought #christians #faith #lost