A Quote by Lydia Davis

But it is curious how you can see that an idea is absolutely true and correct and yet not believe it deeply enough to act on it.

Lydia Davis

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Lydia Davis
American - Novelist
Born: July 15, 1947

That's how the scientists discover new science. They start out with a hypothesis--an idea--and then others believe enough in the idea that they make it true. You see?

Esther Hicks

As an educator, I try to get people to be fundamentally curious and to question ideas that they might have or that are shared by others. In that state of mind, they have earned a kind of inoculation against the fuzzy thinking of these weird ideas floating around out there. So rather than correct the weird ideas, I would rather them to know how to think in the first place. Then they can correct the weird idea themselves.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Working on a startup is a balancing act: being crazy enough to believe your idea can take off but not crazy enough to miss the signs when it's clearly not going to.

Mike Krieger

It [the Iraq invasion] was absolutely an error. It's obviously clear the evaluation of weapons of mass destruction proved not to be correct. That's absolutely true and that's why we're not sending anybody to Iraq.

Stephen Harper

Tis curious that we only believe as deeply as we live.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

You see, if you make believe hard enough that something is true, then it is true for you.

Burt Lancaster

I'm deeply curious about Jewish things. I've toyed around with the idea of going to rabbinical school.

Jonathan Safran Foer

The Work: 1. Is it true? 2. Can you absolutely know that it’s true? 3. How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought? 4. Who would you be without the thought?

Byron Katie

People live their lives bound by what they accept as correct and true. That’s how they define Reality. But what does it mean to be “correct” or “true”? Merely vague concepts… Their Reality may all be a mirage. Can we consider them to simply be living in their own world, shaped by their beliefs?

Masashi Kishimoto

Why do I act as I do? To tell you the truth, I have absolutely no idea why. It is simply my nature to act as I act, and that's all I can say.

Raymond Smullyan

If your beliefs are stressful and you question them, you come to see that they aren't true - whereas prior to questioning, you absolutely believe them. How can you live in joy when you're believing thoughts that bring on sadness, frustration, anger, alienation, and loneliness?

Byron Katie

You decide how to show up, and you'd better come correct: the way you look, what you say, how you act and react. No excuses! Get in front of the mirror and own what you see. You may have to drag your fabulousness out of hiding, but it's there.

Alyssa Edwards

I absolutely believe that what you sing and how you act when you're in this position, should be the definition of who you are and where your heart and character stands.

Cody Johnson

There's enough for everyone. If you believe it, if you can see it, if you act from it, it'll show up for you. That's the truth.

Michael Beckwith

The truth is that there's more than enough good to go around. There is more than enough creative ideas. There is more than enough power. There is enough for everyone. If you believe it, if you can see it, if you act from it, it will show up for you. That's the truth.

Michael Beckwith

I believe that if you really have a strong idea, you can say, "What do you think? Let's see how my idea plays off yours."