Belief

Famous quotes containing the word belief:

“Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is still theoretically possible; and as the test of belief is willingness to act, one may say that faith is the readiness to act in a cause the prosperous issue of which is not certified to us in advance.”
—William James (1842–1910)

“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)

“The worst cynicism: a belief in luck”
—Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938)