Belief

Famous quotes containing the word belief:

“Agnosticism is a perfectly respectable and tenable philosophical position; it is not dogmatic and makes no pronouncements about the ultimate truths of the universe. It remains open to evidence and persuasion; lacking faith, it nevertheless does not deride faith. Atheism, on the other hand, is as unyielding and dogmatic about religious belief as true believers are about heathens. It tries to use reason to demolish a structure that is not built upon reason.”
—Sydney J. Harris (1917–1986)

“I have great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.”
—Septima Clark (1898–1987)

“Religion ... may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.”
—Frances Wright (1795–1852)