Quotes about Belief

I never thought it would be easy to serve God, she said. I just didn't think it would be this hard.

He learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

And those who pray for dew on the deserts edge; shall bring forth the deluge.

Remember your philosopher's doubts, Miles. Beware! The mind of the believer stagnates. It fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe.

You can say things which cannot be done. This is elementary. The trick is to keep attention focused on what is said and not on what can be done.

There is the difference between us," he said. "You are God embodied. You walk around within the greatest miracle of this universe, yet you refuse to touch or see or feel or believe in it.

Do you want me to say that men create gods to enforce their definitions of good and evil?

That was the thing he resented about religion, Bickel thought—the way it appealed to emotion rather than intelligence.

How persistent it is, this demand that our gods be perfect. The Greeks were much more reasonable about such things.

She had quoted a Bene Gesserit proverb to him: "When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movement becomes headlong—faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thought of obstacles and forget that a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late." Paul

He thinks that by repeating he creates some kind of truth.

Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes.