"Perhaps priest and magician were once one, but the priest, learning humility in the face of God, discarded the spell for prayer."

Belief, Humility, Faith, Magic, Spiritual

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"Perhaps priest and magician were once one, but the priest, learning humility in the face of God, discarded the spell for prayer."

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"Any thought sequence that minimizes anxiety would get reinforced over time. The sequence would be maintained during the person's development and would be provoked in contexts where refutation of the belief might occur. So, any kind of refutation of a person's religious beliefs makes the beliefs only stronger."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Never confuse belief with knowledge."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Whatever may be the position of science, whatever may be the position of philosophy, as long as there is such a thing as death in the world, as long as there is such a thing as weakness in the human heart, as long as the human heart sheds a drop of tear in weakness, there shall be a faith in God and divinity."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Who regulates the heat of the sun? Who pays the bills of the energy we obtain from the sun? Leave all judgments to that man if you believe we all walk under that same sun!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"I had also read somewhere that if a man didn't truly believe or understand what he was espousing, somehow he could do a more convincing job."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

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"Everything is energy, and energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed or mutated from one form to another."

Stephen Richards, British Author

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"The entire world is surviving only due to 'beliefs', not because of 'Knowledge' (Gnan). Every human being is (living) only because of beliefs."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"The truth is, the source of existence is infinite and to discover the essence of it is an unfolding that lasts for eternity."

Stephen Richards, British Author

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"Even if god was proved beyond doubt that he did not exist. We would still believe in him. We don't need hard facts, we need true emotions."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"If one is destined to go wrong, he will not believe the truth but will believe something else altogether."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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