"Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated."

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"Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated."

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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

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

Anne Rice, American Novelist

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

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"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

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"Never confuse belief with knowledge."

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

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"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."

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"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

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

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"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

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