Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.
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The refusal to choose is a form of choice; disbelief is a form of belief.
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all doing direct the other way in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
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It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.
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A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life provided he go his own way. He need not and should not think of making a good living, but rather of creating a good life for himself. To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was, and always will be.
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Where there is no belief in the soul, there is very little drama.... Either one is serious about salvation or one is not. And it is well to realize that the maximum amount of seriousness admits the maximum amount of comedy. Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe.
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I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right.
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A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses it is an idea that possesses the mind.
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The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.
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Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
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Yamai wa ki kara sickness is a thing of the spirit
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It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot, irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.
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I only believe in fire. Life. Fire. Being myself on fire I set others on fire. Never death. Fire and life. Les Jeux.
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Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
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Live by what you believe so fully that your life blossoms, or else purge the fear and guilt producing beliefs from your life. When people believe one thing and do something else, they are inviting misery. If you give yourself the name, play the game. When you believe something you don't follow with your heart, intellect, and body, it hurts. Don't do that to yourself. Live your belief, or let that belief go. If you are not actively living a belief, it's not really your belief, anyway.
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America's greatest strength, and its greatest weakness, is our belief in second chances, our belief that we can always start over, that things can be made better.
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The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our mi
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My belief is that to have no wants is divine.
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He does not believe, that does not live according to his belief.
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Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
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A belief is not true because it is useful.
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Another belief of mine that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
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I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.
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No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence.
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