Belief

Belief

Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.

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Famous quotes containing the word belief:

    The worst cynicism: a belief in luck
    Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938)

    Religion ... may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
    Frances Wright (1795–1852)

    Much of the modern resistance to chastity comes from men’s belief that they “own” their bodies—those vast and perilous estates, pulsating with the energy that made the worlds, in which they find themselves without their consent and from which they are ejected at the pleasure of Another!
    —C.S. (Clive Staples)