Quote by Peter Singer
What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence

What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to be believing something despite the absence of evidence or rational argument for it. – Peter Singer

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Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be hard to say that they do. Indeed, many business leaders deny that there is any conflict between self-interest and the interests of all. – Peter Singer

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Business
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In the sense that youre not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised my position doesnt isnt unique in that respect. I think there are different sorts of relevance in different contexts. – Peter Singer

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power
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When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in behaviour may last several hours. – Peter Singer

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Change
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To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy. – Thomas Browne

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Faith

A whole lot of us believers, of all different religions, are ready to turn back the tide of madness by walking together, in both the dark and the light – in other words, through life – registering voters as we go, and keeping the faith. – Anne Lamott

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Faith

I still have great faith in what is good and right in all of us. – Marvin Hamlisch

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Faith

The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower. – Abu Bakar Bashir

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Faith

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People are capable of doing an awful lot when they have no choice and I had no choice. Courage is when you have choices. – Terry Anderson

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Terrorism

If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself. – Martin Luther

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Faith

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence. – Elbert Hubbard

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Home

When you open your heart to giving, angels fly to your door. – Author Unknown

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Helping