All GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Quotes about “Belief”

“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”
“No sooner had Jesus knocked over the dragon of superstition than Paul boldly set it on its legs again in the name of Jesus.”
“A succession of eye-openers each involving the repudiation of some previously held belief.”
“Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it...”
“It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief.”
“The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.”
“There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave of its victory. For without that you cannot be born again.”
“We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable second-rateness of the people we do know.”
“I am a sort of collector of religions: and the curious thing is that I find I can believe in them all.”
“Any belief worth having must survive doubt”
“Start with the belief that your life can indeed be changed, and that you have the power to change it.”
“Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.”
“The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false.”
“Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will admit that however unconscionable we may be when our own interests are affected, we can be most indignantly virtuous at the expense of others.”
“A thing that nobody believes cannot be proved too often.”

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