971 Quotes About Beliefs

There is no difference between ancient and modern paganism. Christianity has five gods: three that band together against one who apparently has managed to stand his ground for millennia, and a mother of god who is worshiped at the same level as the other members of the quadrinity

When we love God with our hearts in disproportion to our minds, our faith is out of kilter with the kind of faith God wants us to have.

In a culture gone increasingly rogue, it has become apparent that our actions are designed to bypass the questions whose answers would invalidate those actions. And are we naïve enough to believe that because we bypass the questions, the questions will not eventually answer themselves at our expense?

There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.

I do not doubt the ability of mankind to aspire to lofty ideals and the most pristine of principles. But what I doubt is the willingness of mankind to incur the sacrifices involved in moving from aspiring these things to actually embracing them. And in such a conundrum as this, I would suggest that to stop at ‘aspiring’ and never move to ‘embracing’ is without a doubt the greatest sacrifice of all.

No matter where we believe these beliefs and ideas came from, it is essential that we internalize a sense of ethics as it helps us decide the right course of action.

I grew up with absolutely no religion at all, and it was probably one of the best things that happened to me. I didn't have to unlearn anything.

We all have some belief that drives our decisions. But have we really ever been driven to understand what that belief is so that we understand what our decisions are?

The woman said, “Feel the aura of the moon, it’s so strong tonight.” The man said, “I feel nothing. You are just imagining it.”Every cell of her body is a door through which moon is allowed to enter. While he opened a door only in a few brain cells. She is experiencing the aura while he is imagining the absence of aura. Don’t give too much importance to your brain cells. Every inch of your body is a miracle.