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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. ↗

— Aristotle

#appearance #apprehensive #believing #consider #devotion

I'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man. ↗

— Annette Funicello

#believing #caring #disney #i #into

Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early. ↗

— Gunther Grass

#believing #early #got #grateful #i

So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life. ↗

— Michael Clarke Duncan

#believing #give #go #goals #i

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#create #desired #does #exist #nonexistent

Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality. ↗

— King Hussein I

#believing #defending #majority #never #overwhelming

I have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money. ↗

— Reggie Jackson

#believing #business #figuring #give #hard

I have this dog named Marley, and it is a kind of love I had never known. I have a hard time believing Marley did not come from my body. I know that sounds insane, but I feel that connected to her. She made me realize I wanted to adopt children. ↗

— Edie Falco

#believing #body #children #come #connected

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#been #believing #does #made #mean

It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it. ↗

— Ronald Knox

#civilisation #devil #explanation #given #modern