You can’t convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it’s based on a deep-seated need to believe.
- Carl Sagan
What is a belief… July 8, 2007
A belief is not a belief until you can visualize it, unless you can create a picture of it in your minds eye, especially if you have no doubts that reality can be – or is – possible.
- Hedley Beare Aust Educationalist
Believe in oneself… May 2, 2007
If I have the belief that I can do it,
I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it,
Even if I do not have it at the beginning.
-Mahatma Gandhi.
Believe…Implicity and unquestionably… March 17, 2007
Somehow I can’t believe that there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four Cs. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.
- Walt Disney
I do not seek to understand… March 14, 2007
I do not seek to understand so that I may believe, but,
I believe so that I may understand, and
What is more, I believe that ‘Unless I do believe I shall not understand’.
Do not… March 23, 2006
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.
- Buddha
