Belief

Belief

Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.

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Famous quotes containing the word belief:

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

    And when religious sects ran mad,
    He held, in spite of all his learning,
    That if a man’s belief is bad,
    It will not be improved by burning.
    Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839)

    The most important gift anyone can give a girl is a belief in her own power as an individual, her value without reference to gender, her respect as a person with potential.
    Emilie Buchwald (20th century)