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"Rather than feeling lost and unimportant and meaningless, set against galaxies which go beyond the reach of the furthest telescopes, I feel that my life has meaning. Perhaps I should feel insignificant, but instead I feel a soaring in my heart that the God who could create all this - and out of nothing - can still count the hairs of my head."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

Belief, Faith, God, Creation, Meaning

"The atheism and nihilism of my earlier years now seems shallow, and even a bit cocky."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Belief, Faith, Change, Reflection

"Though man needs to live to believe, he does not need to believe to live."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Belief, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational, Power

"Shallan's mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Belief, Religion, Atheism, Divinity

"Never confuse belief with knowledge."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Belief, Truth, Wisdom, Knowledge, Power

"Most people believe most of the things they believe only because they believe that most people believe them."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Belief, Society, Majority, Psychology

"Mother Nature created God as a neurological anti-depressant sentiment, but Man tore that God apart into pieces and made citadels of differentiation out of them."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Belief, Truth, Power, Religion, Life

"When you allow your mind to ONLY have positive thoughts towards your desired outcome you are saying to the Universe that you are devoted to manifesting your dream."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Belief, Devotion, Thoughts, Universe, Dreams

"It is one thing to believe and another to know."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Belief, Truth, Knowledge, Wisdom, Inspirational

"Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Belief, Religion, Infinity, Stars, Truth

Explore more quotes by Isabella Rossellini

"In America, they are paranoid about ruining the reputations of people once they are dead and cannot answer back. They have this fascination which to me seems cruel and morbid. I do not want any part of it."

People, America, Want

"There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed."

Woman, Women, Idea, Play, Succeed

"A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are."

First,

"I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother."

Age, Mother, Now, Play

"I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to."

Mother, Competition, Want

"These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played."

Mother, People, Forget

"I am much more radical in my beliefs than my products represent me to be."

Belief, Beliefs, Radical

"Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt."

Men, Hurt

"But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome."

Mother, Father, Man, Rome