Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.
The sky may be overcast today with clouds, but a fervent prayer to God is enough to dispel them.
The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.
The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness of malice, hatred, bigotry, and selfishness from the hearts of humanity.
Agency used righteously allows light to dispel the darkness and enables us to live with joy and happiness.
Let me dispel a few rumors so they don't fester into facts.
Brain, v. [as in "to brain"]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly; to dispel a source of error in an opponent.
We have got to dispel this myth that bullying is just a normal rite of passage.
The most obvious thing I do is I don't wear a burqa, and I'm definitely not oppressed. Plus, I'm quite obviously an independent thinker, which means as soon as I walk on stage, I dispel a lot of those stereotypes.
I had long since given up trying to extract from a woman as it were the square root of her unknown quantity, the mystery of which a mere introduction was generally enough to dispel.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about your fretted roofs.
Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it.
Part of the job for me and others from El Paso who live along the border is to dispel the myths about how supposedly dangerous the border is.
To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own
Serving throughout the world is a great missionary force going about doing good. Missionaries teach truth. They dispel darkness. They spread joy. They bring precious souls to Christ.
I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
There is at least this to be said for mind, that it can dispel mind.
Yes, social friend, I love thee well,
In learned doctor's spite;
Thy clouds all other clouds dispel
And lap me in delight.
It is necessary to expose the false propaganda of the imperialists and thoroughly dispel the illusion that the imperialists will give up their positions in the colonies and dependent countries with good will.
Pure love is matchless in majesty; it has no parallel in power and there is no darkness it cannot dispel.
If people want to think I'm an Indian prince, I don't want to dispel that notion.
It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So without the study of nature there is no enjoyment of pure pleasure.
If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
It's so sad: anything that has to do with God, people want to dispel.
The best way to dispel negative thoughts is to require that they have a purpose.
No reality has the power to dispel a dream.
I say to this night: "Pass more slowly"; and the dawn will come to dispel the night.
Dispel, v. It was the way you said, “I have something to tell you.” I could feel the magic drain from the room.
It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
The 'harmonious world' theory .. will help dispel doubts in the international community about China's continued development and refute the absurd 'China threat theory'.
The truth is women in the workplace don't have to fight nearly as hard for opportunities, or to dispel stereotypes, as they did before.
There is nothing like a naturalistic orientation to dispel all these morbid thoughts of "sin" and "free will" and "moral responsibility.
I've given a lot of talks over the years on the subject of entrepreneurship. The first thing I find I have to do is to dispel the persistent myth that entrepreneurial success is all about innovative thinking and breakthrough ideas.
I can single handedly dispel any ideas that sexuality is acquired. Trust me, you're born with it. My brother is gay, and we knew when he was two.
Prolonged statistics are a lethal dose, which if it does not kill will certainly dispel your audience.
Of course, I will continue acting. I just need to dispel the Telugu and Tamil cinema's insecurities about married actresses. I don't know about others. But I am not going anywhere after marriage.
The innocence of such children doesn't answer our deepest questions about this vale of tears to which we are condemned, but it helps to dispel them. That is the secret to family life.
Don't be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your little candle and step forward.
My mum taught me how to read before I went to kindergarden, I always thought that being able to read provided lightness, help to dispel darkness, ignorance and stupidity.
My younger brother's death in Vietnam was both sobering and cause for reflection. In 'Fallen Angels' I wanted to dispel the notion of war as either romantic or simplistically heroic.
Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension and not dispel it immediately.
We must win the common people in every corner. This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open, hearty behavior, show, condescension, popularity, and toleration of their prejudices, which we shall at leisure root out and dispel.
A man of clear ideas errs grievously if he imagines that whatever is seen confusedly does not exist; it belongs to him, when he meets with such a thing, to dispel the midst, and fix the outlines of the vague form which is looming through it.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
I don't know why, but I'm an easy target. And I don't do anything to dispel it.
Instead of resisting any emotion, the best way to dispel it is to enter it fully, embrace it and see through your resistance.
If we can dispel the delusion that learning about computers should be an activity of fiddling with array indexes and worrying whether X is an integer or a real number, we can begin to focus on programming as a source of ideas.
During deep meditation it is possible to dispel time, to see simultaneously all the past, present, and future, and then everything is good, everything is perfect, everything is Brahman.
I'd like to dispel the myth that when you put a wedding ring on a woman, her brain stops.
In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom.
The first myth to dispel is that Africa is not a country. It's made up of 53 different countries. So to say 'invest in Africa' is a no-go. It's meaningless.
We all have prejudices to dispel: the need to get away from thinking that 'I' am important and special and 'you' are not, and the frightened mindset that tells us that certain 'others' are of no consequence.
Anything that prevents you from taking an action or actions that might reasonably dispel legitimate anxieties. Fear is what paralyzes you.
As one lamp serves to dispel a thousand years of darkness, so one flash of wisdom destroys ten thousand years of ignorance.
Dispel not, the happy delusions of children.
As for blondes having more fun, well, let me dispel that rumor forever. They do.
To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.
The monastic studies have tended, for the most part, to darken, rather than to dispel, the cloud of superstition.
Today I want to dispel this myth, because it is absolutely not true .[ that ARV's work ] The pharmaceutical industry and those who have a vested interest in the drug industry fuels this propaganda.
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