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belief

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Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses.

A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith.

The thing believed; the object of belief.

A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. Joseph Conrad

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly. Richard Bach

Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful. Sophia Loren

Blind belief is dangerous. Kenyan Proverb

The man who loves is easy of belief. Italian Proverb

The key to all action lies in belief. English Proverb

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