Belief in non-violence is based on the assumption that human nature in the essence is one and therefore unfailingly responds to the advances of love.
I am a Hindu by birth. And yet I do not know much of Hinduism, and I know less of other religions. In fact I do not know where I am, and what is and what should be my belief. I intend to make a careful study of my own religion and, as far as I can, of others.
Doubt tempers belief with sanity.
We Gonna Win' is a song of triumph, It represents my personal belief that with hard work, talent and dedication, everything is possible. It's a one of a kind marriage between rap and classical music, where the music doesn't accompany the vocalist, but rather stands on its own.
Belief isn't supposed to make sense, at least not all the time. In that, it finds its power. It gets to creep up on you and carry you forward. Until you can carry yourself again.
There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of the author. The term is 'idiot'.
Paradoxically, the freedom of Paris is associated with a persistent belief that nothing ever changes. Paris, they say, is the city that changes least. After an absence of twenty or thirty years, one still recognizes it.
I hope Americans will read and study the Bible in the coming year. It's my firm belief that the enduring values, as I say, presented in its pages have a great meaning for each of us and for our nation.
Revelation is beyond doctrines and belief systems. It is beyond everything imaginable. It is beyond because it is so close. Revelation is more direct than every word, for it arises out of the truth of who you are. This truth is all you have ever longed for, all you have ever needed.
Religious beliefs. . . should never be an excuse to treat people badly.
Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.
That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.
It is the evil in man that makes democracy necessary, and man's belief in justice that makes democracy possible.
If your belief is hateful towards people, I couldn't respect that.
You need conviction in your own beliefs, and the willingness to ignore others naysaying.
America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.
The thing about the truth is that it exists outside of belief. Even if nobody believes it, that thing is still true.
Faith is believing things by definition, which are not justified by reason. If it were justified by reason, it wouldn't be faith. It would just be ordinary belief. It's something you can't prove. That's what faith is, believing something you can't prove.
Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
Honesty is the cornerstone of character.