Captain," said the squire, "the house is quite invisible from the ship. It must be the flag they are aiming at. Would it not be wiser to take it in?""Strike my colours!" cried the captain, "No sir, no...
When you hold onto a script that doesn't serve you, you leave no space to write a new one that does.
Co-opted convictions will always betray you.
People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons. The last way for skeptics to get the attention of bright, curious, intelligent people is to belittle or condescend or to show arrogance toward t...
I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
You studied and did your duty, believed and did what you were told with a promise of a life that is already here. Life is just over those hills. You were told you were on a journey; when all along you...
We asked volunteers to report their own beliefs, God's beliefs, and the average American's beliefs on a wide variety of social issues while they were lying on their backs in an fMRI scanner. We found...
Making and Working on my Beliefs.
Whatever you believe is true, is.
we're only ever limited to our own beliefs
Secrets are gold and we are the miners.
I believe that am entire nation should not be judged by the wrongdoings of a few extremists.
The kind of people I absolutely cannot tolerate are those who never let you forget they are religious. It seems to me that a truly religious person would let his life be example enough, would not let...
When someone is delusional, he or she can do anything to justify his or her beliefs.
One thing I realize now is that you only advertise your beliefs with a t-shirt if you're seriously insecure.
Perhaps the most general and most important mental habit to instill is an appreciation of the folly of trying to draw conclusions from incomplete and unrepresentative evidence. An essential corollary...
It is my firm belief that it is a mistake to hold firm beliefs
The less evidence we have for what we believe is certain, the more violently we defend beliefs against those who don't agree.
Accept what makes you happy and pay no attention to fearful beliefs no matter who they come from.
Most of beliefs that are commonly known as scientific facts are based on various theories, which have never been validated. Many of them will never be. Question your beliefs. Choose what promotes love...
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