Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against read more

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.

It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most read more

It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing

Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.

Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.

You can have anything you want if you will give up the belief that you can't have it.

You can have anything you want if you will give up the belief that you can't have it.

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable read more

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning.

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is read more

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

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

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.

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief