Belief Quotes - Page 4

Leowin: Don't worry Luthiel. 'Truth's existence never depended upon belief.

Faith is believing in something you know isn't true.

In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.

We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal.

Not all can believe anything they want to,
because not all have the ability to believe.

You cannot believe everything you hear

The number of people who believe a thing has no bearing upon its truth.

When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence. Let it be the most obvious fabrication and you will still believe whatever truth is in it, because you can not deny truth no matter how shabbily it is dressed.

Doon was touched. Kenny looked like a tiny little wisp, but there was something strong inside him. -People of Sparks-

I tell you, lad, that men will believe is one says, "The Gods say..." They will believe if one says, "I had a Vision..." They will believe if one says, "It was told me on a tablet of hidden gold..." But, if one says, "History teaches," then they will not believe.

It is not by believing but by doubting that one can attain to the truth, which is ever changing form and condition.

You can believe in whatsoever you like, but the truth remains the truth, no matter how sweet the lie may taste.

Listening to people espouse beliefs different from mine is informative, not threatening, because the only thing that can alter my worldview is a new and undeniable truth, and contrary to what Jack Nicholson says in 'A Few Good Men', "I CAN handle the truth.

I don't believe that aliens exist,
but I do believe that any new facts
can strengthen foundation of my belief.

That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.

Sometimes when you get older - and I'm not talking about you, I'm talking generally, because everyone ages differently - things you think on and wish on start to seem real. And then you believe them, and before you know it they're a part of your history, and if someone challenges you on them and says they're not true - why, then you get offended.

We are always trying to convert people to a belief in our own explanation of the universe. We think that the more people there are who believe as we do, the more certain it will be that what we believe is the truth. But it doesn't work that way at all.

You have to believe what you're saying if you're going to convince me. I just can't break that rule, even if I want to.

Belief has nothing to do with facts,
especially for the unbelievable facts.

What is true is already so. Owning up to it doesn't make it worse. Not being open about it doesn't make it go away. And because it's true, it is what is there to be interacted with. Anything untrue isn't there to be lived. People can stand what is true, for they are already enduring it.