Quotes about Belief

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.

The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action.

It is harder to crack a prejudice than an atom.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

The fanatical atheists...are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who—in their grudge against the traditional 'opium of the people'—cannot bear the music of the spheres.

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.

Arguing from facts never wins a definitive victory against skillfully presented opinion.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution. And

Stand for something, or you'll fall for anything" Malcolm X, likely quoting Hamilton