Quotes about "Faith & Spirituality"

If you take a cold, blunt view of most religions, and you sort of say, 'Well, here's the basis for it,' most of them sound crazy. It's the belief that makes them real. I was interested in that question: When does a belief become a myth? When does something you believe in become just a story? ”

I wanted to write about how people's beliefs shift. ”

But as in all cults, what's central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you're very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder. ”

We appreciate size, but only if it is robust growth. Just to be big is not a target. ”

There has almost never been a period of substantial economic growth in the United States without significant investment. And no investment pays off within the same cycle. No investment pays off within the same year - especially a governmental investment. Even businesses don't work that way. ”

I feel very strongly we are spiritual beings in a physical body, and we should make our surroundings as beautiful and soulful as possible. ”

I went to stage school with a neighbor to build confidence because I was quite shy. ”

Serious beliefs are awkward, especially religious ones. It's not that there's anything wrong with them, it's just that people's real, heart-felt, deeply held beliefs are, well, 'not easy to handle or deal with, requiring great skill, ingenuity, or care' - in a word, awkward. ”

By isolating ourselves from those with whose opinions we disagree, we lose the ability to defend our beliefs. ”

Nearly everything faith-related that I have done at Harvard has been followed by free food, from going to services at Harvard's Episcopal Chaplaincy to attending a day of interfaith discussion and dialogue hosted by the university chaplains in the fall. ”