beliefs

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276da4a	Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone.	courage inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational courage-quotes beliefs believe belief	Roy T. Bennett
46e2f4a	Beliefs are choices. First you choose your beliefs. Then your beliefs affect your choices.	choice inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational beliefs believe belief choices	Roy T. Bennett
f0d1116	Your beliefs affect your choices. Your choices shape your actions. Your actions determine your results. The future you create depends upon the choices you make and the actions you take today.	action future choice leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational leader leaders beliefs believe belief decision choices	Roy T. Bennett
af3f7c8	Your beliefs will be the light by which you see, but they will not be what you see and they will not be a substitute for seeing.	religion inspirational beliefs	Flannery O'Connor
a1e1219	Elder mocked me for praying once, and i spent an hour berating him for that. He ended up throwing up his hands, laughing, and telling me i could believe whatever i wanted if i was going to hold onto my beliefs so hard.	faith beliefs	Beth Revis
8fd61b2	The internet is where some people go to show their true intelligence; others, their hidden stupidity.	freedom stupidity intelligence consequence closet cyberspace cyberspace-internet libel prejudices information social-networking online beliefs slander extrovert introvert propaganda media gossip internet technology	Criss Jami
ba959c3	"We Are Lovable	relationships love conditional-love core-beliefs lovable self-blame codependency neglect beliefs isolation self-esteem	Melody Beattie
636ca96	There are thousands who are opposed to slavery and to the war, who yet in effect do nothing to put an end to them; who, esteeming themselves children of Washington and Franklin, sit down with their hands in their pockets, and say that they know not what to do, and do nothing....	war slavery citizenship beliefs justice	Henry David Thoreau
d3bd47e	[Buddhism and Christianity] are in one sense parallel and equal; as a mound and a hollow, as a valley and a hill. There is a sense in which that sublime despair is the only alternative to that divine audacity. It is even true that the truly spiritual and intellectual man sees it as sort of dilemma; a very hard and terrible choice. There is little else on earth that can compare with these for completeness. And he who does not climb the mountain of Christ does indeed fall into the abyss of Buddha.	death religion darkness life philosophy contrast compare worldview opposites beliefs belief comparison	G.K. Chesterton
bc4c519	People who believe they have bad luck create bad luck. Those who believe they are very fortunate, that the world is a generous place filled with trustworthy people, live in exactly that kind of world.	books trust inspiration inspire life bad-luck fortunate good-luck great-fortune trustworthy passages-ventura passages-malibu chris-prentiss beliefs quotes fortune	Chris Prentiss
3239f57	Atheistic existentialism, of which I am a representative, declares with greater consistency that if God does not exist there is at least one being whose existence comes before its essence, a being which exists before it can be defined by any conception of it. That being is man....	man existence humanism consistency essence atheistic views definition beliefs sartre jean-paul-sartre existentialism atheist humans	Jean-Paul Sartre
e91f5d2	I don't know what I believe. I guess that makes me a Christmas Tree Agnostic.	spirituality religion isla-martin isla-and-the-happily-ever-after agnosticism christmas-tree christmas beliefs believe belief teen ya	Stephanie Perkins
516a1a3	What you believe matters, however. It's all anyone has to act on. And since what you do is who you are, your actions define you. If you don't believe anything is true simply because you can't logically prove what's true, you won't do anything. You won't be anything. You'll end up spending your life in a rocking chair looking out at the horizon waiting for an answer that never comes. You might as well be dead. It's an old philosophical problem.	doing beliefs	Russell Banks
e854603	Spirituality isn't some quaint stepchild of an intelligent worldview, or the only option for those of us not smart enough to understand the facts of the real world. Spirituality reflects the most sophisticated mindset, and the most powerful force available for the transformation of human suffering.	suffering faith reality spirituality belief-system conscious-living facing-facts forces-of-nature healing-abuse healing-the-emotional-self healing-trauma human-suffering intellectualism intelligent intelligent-people outlook-on-the-world overcoming-adversity-quotes real-world smart-people sophisticated spiritual-living stepchild suffering-of-humanity worldview-quotes spiritual-quotes worldview mindset healing-the-past power-of-love spiritual-wisdom beliefs realism power-of-thoughts	Marianne Williamson
bd730a0	These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumpths; a good deed is its own rewards; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness	virtue history good morality goodness faith religion religious belief-systems dune-arrakis dune-house-atreides evil-men falsehoods justice-of-god dune-messiah dune moral-law religion-philosophy falsehood historical-perspective history-of-thought history-of-mankind belief-system religion-spirituality religious-faith historical beliefs religions moral virtues morals evil	Frank Herbert
13ec223	"We have a predator that came from the depths of the cosmos and took over the rule of our lives. Human beings are its prisoners. The Predator is our lord and master. It has rendered us docile, helpless. If we want to protest, it suppresses our protest. If we want to act independently, it demands that we don't do so... I have been beating around the bush all this time, insinuating to you that something is holding us prisoner. Indeed we are held prisoner! "This was an energetic fact for the sorcerers of ancient Mexico ... They took us over because we are food for them, and they squeeze us mercilessly because we are their sustenance. just as we rear chickens in chicken coops, the predators rear us in human coops, humaneros. Therefore, their food is always available to them." "No, no, no, no," [Carlos replies] "This is absurd don Juan. What you're saying is something monstrous. It simply can't be true, for sorcerers or for average men, or for anyone." "Why not?" don Juan asked calmly. "Why not? Because it infuriates you? ... You haven't heard all the claims yet. I want to appeal to your analytical mind. Think for a moment, and tell me how you would explain the contradictions between the intelligence of man the engineer and the stupidity of his systems of beliefs, or the stupidity of his contradictory behaviour. Sorcerers believe that the predators have given us our systems of belief, our ideas of good and evil, our social mores. They are the ones who set up our hopes and expectations and dreams of success or failure. They have given us covetousness, greed, and cowardice. It is the predators who make us complacent, routinary, and egomaniacal." "'But how can they do this, don Juan? [Carlos] asked, somehow angered further by what [don Juan] was saying. "'Do they whisper all that in our ears while we are asleep?" "'No, they don't do it that way. That's idiotic!" don Juan said, smiling. "They are infinitely more efficient and organized than that. In order to keep us obedient and meek and weak, the predators engaged themselves in a stupendous manoeuvre stupendous, of course, from the point of view of a fighting strategist. A horrendous manoeuvre from the point of view of those who suffer it. They gave us their mind! Do you hear me? The predators give us their mind, which becomes our mind. The predators' mind is baroque, contradictory, morose, filled with the fear of being discovered any minute now." "I know that even though you have never suffered hunger... you have food anxiety, which is none other than the anxiety of the predator who fears that any moment now its manoeuvre is going to be uncovered and food is going to be denied. Through the mind, which, after all, is their mind, the predators inject into the lives of human beings whatever is convenient for them. And they ensure, in this manner, a degree of security to act as a buffer against their fear." "The sorcerers of ancient Mexico were quite ill at ease with the idea of when [the predator] made its appearance on Earth. They reasoned that man must have been a complete being at one point, with stupendous insights, feats of awareness that are mythological legends nowadays. And then, everything seems to disappear, and we have now a sedated man. What I'm saying is that what we have against us is not a simple predator. It is very smart, and organized. It follows a methodical system to render us useless. Man, the magical being that he is destined to be, is no longer magical. He's an average piece of meat." "There are no more dreams for man but the dreams of an animal who is being raised to become a piece of meat: trite, conventional, imbecilic."	slavery magic human religion dreams ancient-history cognitive-dissonance anunnaki cosmos occult virus shamanism aliens cause-and-effect manipulation sorcery sorcerer matrix chaos problems beliefs predator important service secrets food mind-control	Carlos Castaneda
f319a87	The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe what white people say about you. Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure, does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity and fear.	racism fear life white-people superiority bigotry beliefs race-relations inferiority	James Baldwin
cd54c0f	When they find what they don't like , they destroy it. Because it scares them-and you girls would scare them as much as anything they've ever seen.' 'Why?' asked Isobel. 'Because . . . because of what they believe.	understanding fear beliefs unknown	Gordon Dahlquist

Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone.

courage inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational courage-quotes beliefs believe belief

Roy T. Bennett

46e2f4a

Beliefs are choices. First you choose your beliefs. Then your beliefs affect your choices.

choice inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational beliefs believe belief choices

Roy T. Bennett

f0d1116

Your beliefs affect your choices. Your choices shape your actions. Your actions determine your results. The future you create depends upon the choices you make and the actions you take today.

action future choice leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational leader leaders beliefs believe belief decision choices

Roy T. Bennett

af3f7c8

Your beliefs will be the light by which you see, but they will not be what you see and they will not be a substitute for seeing.

religion inspirational beliefs

Flannery O'Connor

a1e1219

Elder mocked me for praying once, and i spent an hour berating him for that. He ended up throwing up his hands, laughing, and telling me i could believe whatever i wanted if i was going to hold onto my beliefs so hard.

faith beliefs

Beth Revis

8fd61b2

The internet is where some people go to show their true intelligence; others, their hidden stupidity.

freedom stupidity intelligence consequence closet cyberspace cyberspace-internet libel prejudices information social-networking online beliefs slander extrovert introvert propaganda media gossip internet technology

Criss Jami

ba959c3

"We Are Lovable

relationships love conditional-love core-beliefs lovable self-blame codependency neglect beliefs isolation self-esteem

Melody Beattie

636ca96

There are thousands who are opposed to slavery and to the war, who yet in effect do nothing to put an end to them; who, esteeming themselves children of Washington and Franklin, sit down with their hands in their pockets, and say that they know not what to do, and do nothing....

war slavery citizenship beliefs justice

Henry David Thoreau

d3bd47e

[Buddhism and Christianity] are in one sense parallel and equal; as a mound and a hollow, as a valley and a hill. There is a sense in which that sublime despair is the only alternative to that divine audacity. It is even true that the truly spiritual and intellectual man sees it as sort of dilemma; a very hard and terrible choice. There is little else on earth that can compare with these for completeness. And he who does not climb the mountain of Christ does indeed fall into the abyss of Buddha.

death religion darkness life philosophy contrast compare worldview opposites beliefs belief comparison

G.K. Chesterton

bc4c519

People who believe they have bad luck create bad luck. Those who believe they are very fortunate, that the world is a generous place filled with trustworthy people, live in exactly that kind of world.

books trust inspiration inspire life bad-luck fortunate good-luck great-fortune trustworthy passages-ventura passages-malibu chris-prentiss beliefs quotes fortune

Chris Prentiss

3239f57

Atheistic existentialism, of which I am a representative, declares with greater consistency that if God does not exist there is at least one being whose existence comes before its essence, a being which exists before it can be defined by any conception of it. That being is man....

man existence humanism consistency essence atheistic views definition beliefs sartre jean-paul-sartre existentialism atheist humans

Jean-Paul Sartre

e91f5d2

I don't know what I believe. I guess that makes me a Christmas Tree Agnostic.

spirituality religion isla-martin isla-and-the-happily-ever-after agnosticism christmas-tree christmas beliefs believe belief teen ya

Stephanie Perkins

516a1a3

What you believe matters, however. It's all anyone has to act on. And since what you do is who you are, your actions define you. If you don't believe anything is true simply because you can't logically prove what's true, you won't do anything. You won't be anything. You'll end up spending your life in a rocking chair looking out at the horizon waiting for an answer that never comes. You might as well be dead. It's an old philosophical problem.

doing beliefs

Russell Banks

e854603

Spirituality isn't some quaint stepchild of an intelligent worldview, or the only option for those of us not smart enough to understand the facts of the real world. Spirituality reflects the most sophisticated mindset, and the most powerful force available for the transformation of human suffering.

suffering faith reality spirituality belief-system conscious-living facing-facts forces-of-nature healing-abuse healing-the-emotional-self healing-trauma human-suffering intellectualism intelligent intelligent-people outlook-on-the-world overcoming-adversity-quotes real-world smart-people sophisticated spiritual-living stepchild suffering-of-humanity worldview-quotes spiritual-quotes worldview mindset healing-the-past power-of-love spiritual-wisdom beliefs realism power-of-thoughts

Marianne Williamson

bd730a0

These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumpths; a good deed is its own rewards; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness

virtue history good morality goodness faith religion religious belief-systems dune-arrakis dune-house-atreides evil-men falsehoods justice-of-god dune-messiah dune moral-law religion-philosophy falsehood historical-perspective history-of-thought history-of-mankind belief-system religion-spirituality religious-faith historical beliefs religions moral virtues morals evil

Frank Herbert

13ec223

"We have a predator that came from the depths of the cosmos and took over the rule of our lives. Human beings are its prisoners. The Predator is our lord and master. It has rendered us docile, helpless. If we want to protest, it suppresses our protest. If we want to act independently, it demands that we don't do so... I have been beating around the bush all this time, insinuating to you that something is holding us prisoner. Indeed we are held prisoner! "This was an energetic fact for the sorcerers of ancient Mexico ... They took us over because we are food for them, and they squeeze us mercilessly because we are their sustenance. just as we rear chickens in chicken coops, the predators rear us in human coops, humaneros. Therefore, their food is always available to them." "No, no, no, no," [Carlos replies] "This is absurd don Juan. What you're saying is something monstrous. It simply can't be true, for sorcerers or for average men, or for anyone." "Why not?" don Juan asked calmly. "Why not? Because it infuriates you? ... You haven't heard all the claims yet. I want to appeal to your analytical mind. Think for a moment, and tell me how you would explain the contradictions between the intelligence of man the engineer and the stupidity of his systems of beliefs, or the stupidity of his contradictory behaviour. Sorcerers believe that the predators have given us our systems of belief, our ideas of good and evil, our social mores. They are the ones who set up our hopes and expectations and dreams of success or failure. They have given us covetousness, greed, and cowardice. It is the predators who make us complacent, routinary, and egomaniacal." "'But how can they do this, don Juan? [Carlos] asked, somehow angered further by what [don Juan] was saying. "'Do they whisper all that in our ears while we are asleep?" "'No, they don't do it that way. That's idiotic!" don Juan said, smiling. "They are infinitely more efficient and organized than that. In order to keep us obedient and meek and weak, the predators engaged themselves in a stupendous manoeuvre stupendous, of course, from the point of view of a fighting strategist. A horrendous manoeuvre from the point of view of those who suffer it. They gave us their mind! Do you hear me? The predators give us their mind, which becomes our mind. The predators' mind is baroque, contradictory, morose, filled with the fear of being discovered any minute now." "I know that even though you have never suffered hunger... you have food anxiety, which is none other than the anxiety of the predator who fears that any moment now its manoeuvre is going to be uncovered and food is going to be denied. Through the mind, which, after all, is their mind, the predators inject into the lives of human beings whatever is convenient for them. And they ensure, in this manner, a degree of security to act as a buffer against their fear." "The sorcerers of ancient Mexico were quite ill at ease with the idea of when [the predator] made its appearance on Earth. They reasoned that man must have been a complete being at one point, with stupendous insights, feats of awareness that are mythological legends nowadays. And then, everything seems to disappear, and we have now a sedated man. What I'm saying is that what we have against us is not a simple predator. It is very smart, and organized. It follows a methodical system to render us useless. Man, the magical being that he is destined to be, is no longer magical. He's an average piece of meat." "There are no more dreams for man but the dreams of an animal who is being raised to become a piece of meat: trite, conventional, imbecilic."

slavery magic human religion dreams ancient-history cognitive-dissonance anunnaki cosmos occult virus shamanism aliens cause-and-effect manipulation sorcery sorcerer matrix chaos problems beliefs predator important service secrets food mind-control

Carlos Castaneda

f319a87

The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe what white people say about you. Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure, does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity and fear.

racism fear life white-people superiority bigotry beliefs race-relations inferiority

James Baldwin

cd54c0f

When they find what they don't like , they destroy it. Because it scares them-and you girls would scare them as much as anything they've ever seen.' 'Why?' asked Isobel. 'Because . . . because of what they believe.

understanding fear beliefs unknown

Gordon Dahlquist