Famous quotes containing the words belief and/or concept:
“Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
“Behind the concept of woman’s strangeness is the idea that a woman may do anything: she is below society, not bound by its law, unpredictable; an attribute given to every member of the league of the unfortunate.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)