Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed.

Some readers may find it a curious or even unscientific endeavour to craft a criminological model of organised abuse based on the testimony of survivors. One of the standard objections to qualitative research is that...

An ideology can provide a satisfying narrative that explains chaotic events and collective misfortunes in a way that flatters the virtue and competence of believers, while being vague or conspiratorial enough to withstand skeptical scrutiny.

I am not religious in any sense; in fact, I consider myself an atheist.

Death or Samadhi, man’s life leads only to the grave. Appreciate your life.

Don’t water your testimony with your righteous expectations of church members. Their imperfection will disappoint you every time and cause you to leave every church you try to join.

Dreams do come true for those who dare to believe in themselves.

It is the socially determined norms and traditions of gender roles, which must be challenged, and challenged with vigor. In nearly all countries, including America, the truth is that women have a low social status,...

People sometimes get so lost in their own beliefs that they fail to gain truth and understanding. You can’t get the whole picture just by relying on your own perception. Never be afraid of the...

Beware: open-mindedness will often say, ‘Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion.

If it feels as though life is screwing with you – it isn’t. The world isn’t ‘against you’.It’s simply showing you what you believe and giving you a chance to observe it and change it.

A complicated life can only be the outcome of a mind that’s polluted with negative beliefs.

Always find a way to live happily instead of making excuses and pointing fingers. You truly deserve to be happy, and you could surely attain it if you vow to never turn your mind into...

If you don’t believe in the things you’re doing, the answer isn’t fooling yourself into thinking you believe it. If you don’t believe in what you’re doing, then you just shouldn’t be doing it.

I suspect that on some level, life is a matter of indefensible loyalties.

People believe what they want to believe. Even if it isn’t true.

It is a world that is made of love. Did you think there is only the kind of love your sister has for her husband? Did you think there must be here, a man with...

Stephen Hawking said that his quest is simply “trying to understand the mind of God”.

Diversity of character is due to the unequal time given to values. Only through each other will we see the importance of the qualities we lack and our unfinished soul’s potential.

Theistic claims that supernatural agency exists in the universe derive from ancient traditions of belief. The word ‘atheist’ is a theist’s term for a person who does not share such beliefs. Theists think that atheists...

Deep-rooted beliefs are one of the many consequences of intellect, and also of ignorance; and telling one from the other is sometimes impossible.

Don’t take it personal. Whether people like or dislike you, it most probably is because of your beliefs, principles, and values…

Funny how people that don’t believe in nothin’ are so quick to believe every crazy story about people like us.

Whatever thing a man gets quickly enraged about is his idol, and whatever thing he makes his idol becomes his religion.

… anyone who really believed what they were saying could get it said in a lot fewer words.

Life is not about wishing for better chapters to manifest in your life; it is about continuously writing them with your thoughts, beliefs, decisions and actions.

Remember, always, that everything you know, and everything everyone knows, is only a model. Get your model out there where it can be viewed. Invite others to challenge your assumptions and add their own.

My beliefs are the center of my being.

Just saying an intention and leaving it at that will not necessarily result in an outcome, if there is a stronger, more primal belief behind the scenes.

A belief is an uneducated guess.

There is no higher authority.

REAL Leaders are experts at bringing out the best in others… Thinking , feelings and actions. They improve their teams’ thinking skills and Mindsets.

A long time ago people believed that the world is flat and the moon is made of green cheese. Some still do, to this day. The man on the moon is looking down and laughing.

Speaking to a ‘non-theist’, ‘How do you what you don’t believe in if you have never read the Bible?'”.

No matter what, don’t live a life where you’re too scared to die for what you believe in. Always go at it with everything you’ve got, even if it doesn’t seem to be enough.

Each religion makes scores of purportedly factual assertions about everything from the creation of the universe to the afterlife. But on what grounds can believers presume to know that these assertions are true? The reasons...

Retaining our capacity for reasonis common sense, but definite conclusions and beliefs keep us from seeing life as it really is at any given moment.

If Christ be a fraud, he was among the most peculiar yet brilliant of frauds in saying that only he was the way, the truth, and the life. This is the importance of grace –...

Happiness is what happens when you build the level of awareness and courage to continuously identify, challenge, and replace your negative thoughts and beliefs.

Contrary to your negative thoughts and beliefs, you already have everything that it takes to be a winner in all your endeavors. So try not to let your fears and doubts force you to settle...

Update your belief! If necessary, throw it to the bin! Don’t exaggerate your belief! Remember that your belief is not that much important; the important thing is what the science, what the reason and the...

I’m not out to disturb anybody’s faith. I happen to be happy and comfortable with a belief system that has a dual deity and operates on a lunar schedule. It suits my needs. If you...

This vacillation between assertion and denial in discussions about organised abuse can be understood as functional, in that it serves to contain the traumatic kernel at the heart of allegations of organised abuse. In his...

When you devalue ethics and morals by proclaiming that our attitude toward them should be casual or lenient, you can’t be surprised by a rising generation who then behaves disrespectfully; treating life, people, and choices...

I should like to preface my remarks with a personal statement in order that my later remarks will not be misunderstood. I consider myself an atheist.

Jesus Hollywood believed in a lot of things. He believed that stars were ghosts of family long since past and that he was more likely to die from an asteroid falling from the sky than...

A hungry dog believes in nothing but meat.

Perhaps we don’t progress, because there are so many views – so many paths to peace and happiness – that we get hung up on each path’s differences. Trying to sort out right from wrong...

As you travel along the roads in life, there is a certain kind of peace that comes with knowing you’re on the right path. And when you are faced with adversity, it challenges you but...

As a writer of philosophy, it’s good to ask oneself, ‘Will I still believe this a week from now, or months, or even years?