Quotes: Belief

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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

William James

American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842-1910)

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

Lily Tomlin

There is no way that you can ever really repeat something. I have this great belief that the magic of the moment can never be recaptured.

Brian May

British musician (born 1947)

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I’m not sure it would ever have found its way into print.

Louise Brown

The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God’s love and the love of God.

Mortimer Adler

Belief creates the actual fact.

William James

American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842-1910)

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.

John Howard

The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative.

John Dewey

American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859-1952)

If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.

William Kingdon Clifford

English mathematician and philosopher

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