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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Belief comes spontaneously as well as by effort. Belief is power. An insincere and uninspired seeker is aware of the truth that belief is power, but he cannot go beyond understanding or awareness; whereas a sincere, genuine, devoted and surrendered seeker knows that belief is dynamic power, and he has this power as his very own.
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.
Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.
What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.
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.
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
Believing in something and being a part of something you believe in and watching it work and coming from it.
Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain.
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
Belief is not restricted to a brief affirmation based on imitation; rather, it has degrees and stages of development. It is like a seed growing into a fully grown, fruit-bearing tree; like the sun's image in a mirror or in a drop of water to its images on the sea's surface and to the sun itself.