Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.
In the Land of Ire, the belief in fairies, gnomes, ogres and monsters is all but dead; in the Land of Ind, it still flourishes in all the vigour of animism.
The Keynesian belief that 'demand' is always at the root of underemployment and slow growth is a fallacy.
My fascination with letting images repeat and repeat - or in film's case 'run on' - manifests my belief that we spend much of our lives seeing without observing.
There are those who argue that the public celebration of festivals such as Christmas should be discouraged, in the questionable belief that it might somehow offend those of other religions or none.
Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.
Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.
Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Contrary to popular belief, I eat all types of food. Fried food is my least favorite.
My belief in human rights includes a fundamental principle that is written into Article 1 of the UN Charter: respect for equal rights and self-determination.
There is a fundamentalist belief by capitalists that capital will save the world, and it just isn't so.
The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative.
It is not my belief that we need greater government regulation of hedge funds with respect to the systemic risk they create.
My belief as a Christian is when we receive Christ as salvation, that that gives us a guarantee for Heaven.
Fear requires belief that you will be harmed, and it is easily manipulated by rhetoric.
Contrary to far too popular a belief, style, fashion, and fabulousness are not synonymous with stank, haughty, and self-aggrandizing.
I am not into any religions. I have been mostly influenced by Eastern religions - Taoism, the essence of Hinduism and Buddhism. But my belief is not having any beliefs.
When it comes to the changing room, belief is a huge thing. It's one of the strongest attributes I have ever had and it has stayed with me from the very beginning.
