Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.
To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in righteousness.
Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated.
A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.
The word 'belief' is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it.
And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something doesn't mean I think that you should.
Belief is thought at rest.
Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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