Belief Systems Quotes

• The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

  William James

  Fear, Past, History

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• You can change anything about yourself quite quickly. All you have to do is give up the belief system that says that it takes a long time to change.

  Robert Anthony

  Giving Up, Long, Belief

  Robert Anthony (2004). “Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want”, p.148, Morgan James Publishing

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• A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.

  Jane Smiley

  Children, Ideas, May

  FaceBook post by Jane Smiley from Jul 28, 2012

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• All human belief systems are inherently flawed.

  Moby

  Belief, Flawed, Humans

  "Exclusive Premiere of Moby’s New Video, 'The Last Day'". Interview with Jaeah Lee, www.motherjones.com. September 2, 2014.

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• The Way of Liberation is not a belief system; it is something to be put into practice.

  Adyashanti

  Practice, Way, Belief

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• If you raise your standards but don't really believe you can meet them, you've already sabotaged yourself. You won't even try; you'll be lacking the sense of certainty that allows you to tap the deepest capacity that's within you... Our beliefs are like unquestioned commands, telling us how things are, what's possible and impossible and what we can and can not do. They shape every action, every thought and every feeling that we experience. As a result, changing our belief systems is central to making any real and lasting change in our lives.

  Tony Robbins

  Real, Believe, Lasting Change

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Aug 20, 2012

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• We learn our belief systems as very little children, and then we move through life creating experiences to match our beliefs. Look back in your own life and notice how often you have gone through the same experience.

  Louise Hay

  Children, Moving, Creating

  Louise L. Hay (1999). “You Can Heal Your Life Gift”, p.22, Hay House, Inc

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• Whenever we hear an opinion and believe it, we make an agreement, and it becomes part of our belief system.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Believe, Agreement, Belief

  "The Four Agreements". Book by Miguel Angel Ruiz, 1997.

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• The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Religious, Knowledge, Ego

  "The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment". Book by Eckhart Tolle, 2004.

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• All of us cherish our beliefs. They are, to a degree, self-defining. When someone comes along who challenges our belief system as insufficiently well-based - or who, like Socrates, merely asks embarrassing questions that we haven't thought of, or demonstrates that we've swept key underlying assumptions under the rug - it becomes much more than a search for knowledge. It feels like a personal assault.

  Carl Sagan

  Love, Embarrassing Questions, Keys

  Carl Sagan (2011). “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.297, Ballantine Books

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• Holding on to beliefs limits our experience of life. That doesn't mean that beliefs or ideas or thinking is a problem; the stubborn attitude of having to have things be a particular way, grasping on to our beliefs and thoughts, all these cause the problems. To put it simply, using your belief system this way creates a situation in which you choose to be blind instead of being able to see, to be deaf instead of being able to hear, to be dead rather than alive, asleep rather than awake.

  Pema Chodron

  Attitude, Mean, Thinking

  Pema Chodron (1996). “Awakening Loving-Kindness”, p.70, Shambhala Publications

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• The less depth a belief system has, the greater the fervency with which its adherents embrace it. The most vociferous, the most fanatical are those whose cobbled faith is founded on the shakiest grounds.

  Dean Koontz

  Depth, Belief, Embrace

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.462, Bantam

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• Our consciousness, our ideas, our frame of reference and our belief system determine whether we go to the river of life with a teaspoon, a cup, a bucket or a barrel.

  Robert Anthony

  Ideas, Rivers, Cups

  Robert Anthony (2004). “Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want”, p.3, Morgan James Publishing

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• Girls who have a strong belief system are beautiful in a great way.

  Kevin Jonas

  Beautiful, Girl, Strong

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• The only way to store information is by agreement. The belief system is like a Book of Law that rules our mind. Our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive. Humans punish themselves endlessly for not being what they believe they should be. We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Believe, Book, Being In Love

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• The greatest force in the human body is the natural drive of the body to heal itself - but that force in not independent of the belief system. Everything begins with belief. What we believe is the most powerful option of all.

  Norman Cousins

  Powerful, Believe, Independent

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• Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may be just as irrational but which are shared by millions are called world religions.

  Anthony Storr

  World Religions, May, Belief

  Anthony Storr (2015). “Feet Of Clay: The Power and Charisma of Gurus”, p.203, Simon and Schuster

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• It's for each of us to look at what we really do believe - what our belief system really consists of.

  Byron Katie

  Believe, Looks, Belief

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• We do not experience things as they really are! We experience things only through a filter and that filter determines what information will enter our awareness and what will be rejected. If we change the filter (our belief system), then we automatically experience the world in a completely different way.

  David Wolfe

  Different, Filters, World

  David Wolfe (2012). “The Sunfood Diet Success System”, p.50, North Atlantic Books

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• Our experiences tend to support our belief systems.

  T. J. MacGregor

  Support, Belief

  T. J. MacGregor (1988). “Death Sweet”

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• Your belief system saturates the space around you.

  Aaron Huey

  Space, Belief

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• People have been willing to accept that the government is lying to us, but they are now more willing to accept the concept of aliens and other life forms. There's just a slew of stuff out there right now. It's been people's closet belief system, and now it's coming out of the closet.

  Gillian Anderson

  Lying, Government, People

  "The Voice of Reason Speaks on FOX's 'X-Files'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 02, 1994.

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• I noticed a long time ago that the Universe rewards belief systems. It doesn't really matter what you believe - it'll be there and waiting for you if you go and look for it. Decide the universe is, say, run by secret enormous teddy bears, and I can guarantee you'll immediately start running across evidence that this is true.

  Neil Gaiman

  Running, Believe, Long

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• Random? You'€™d almost think we were dealing with an identifiable enemy motivated by a distinct ideology that is drawn verbatim from a particular belief system'€™s scriptures. Nah . . .

  Andrew C. McCarthy

  Thinking, Enemy, Scripture

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• There are two things you need if you are to uncover and communicate what is really happening in the world. One is to free of any dogmatic belief system. The second is not to give a damn what people think and say about you, or, at least, not to let that influence your decisions.

  David Icke

  Thinking, Two, People

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