Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right. – Laurens van der Post
Some things have to be believed to be seen. – Ralph Hodgson, The Skylark and Other Poems
I believe that there is an explanation for everything, so, yes, I believe in miracles. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never the correctness, of a belief. – Arthur Schweitzer, Out of My Life and Thought, 1932
It is easier to believe than to doubt. – E.D. Martin, The Meaning of a Liberal Education
Man tends to treat all his opinions as principles. – Herbert Agar
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who dont believe, no proof is possible. – Anon.
yamai wa ki kara sickness is a thing of the spirit – Japanese Proverb
A sign inside the front door of Holy Cross Primary School, in north Belfast, reads: If wed been born where they were born and taught what they were taught, we would believe what they believe. – Anon.
I believe in the sun even if it isnt shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is silent. – Anon.
To believe a thing is impossible is to make it so. – Proverb
Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults –a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin. – Henri Frederic Amiel
It doesnt matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; its important to realize that whatever youre doing, its your first attempt at it. – Wally Amos
I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water. – Maya Angelou
Light half-believers of our casual creeds, who never deeply felt, nor clearly will d, whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, whose vague resolves never have been fulfilled. – Matthew Arnold
Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to ones beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses. – James Baldwin
We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours. – James Baldwin
Those who say it cant be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. – Joel A. Barker
More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much. – P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum
Every time a child says, I dont believe in fairies, there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead. – James Barrie
