Secular stagnation, referring to long term economic malaise, is one example.

It does not demand belief or faith.

But belief is not measurable.

Belief in miracles is popular.

It was an intuitive, strong held belief that was wrong.

By contrast, those who rule according to a shared belief cannot afford to negotiate, for that would undermine the belief itself.

If that belief turns out to be mistaken, it will make a difference.

Belief is the death of intelligence.

So what I want to talk about today is belief.

What's your cause? What's your belief?

The technocratic belief in ideal models is inherently utopian.

Freemasonry is a belief in a higher power.

A conviction is a settled belief that brooks no argument.

This added to the belief that he could excel in Europe.

This belief has suited the two main political parties.

Of course, Netanyahu is intentionally exaggerating the Iranian threat to deflect attention from Israel s real problems especially its enduring conflict with Palestine.

It was wishful thinking, but it permeated the political and social climate.

It ties together all this into the power of expectation and the power of belief.

For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

The final delusion is the belief that one has lost all delusions.

There's a belief among our people that morning brings good news.

Belief is natural disbelief, skepticism, science, is not natural.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the issue is not one of pure doctrine.

This belief does not imply South Korean cynicism about nonproliferation.

And why does good intimacy not guarantee good sex, contrary to popular belief?

The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious.

What kind of fragile belief is afraid of books?

Internet inspired movements usually have lasting impact only if they generate traditional political activity, such as street protests or the establishment of political parties.

And the outcome about which we wish to be optimistic is not going to be created by the belief alone, except to the extent that the belief brings about new behavior. But the word behavior is also, I think, sometimes misunderstood in this context.

Indeed, suspicion would become irreversible, and it would replace the belief in the irreversibility of the eurozone.

This is a common belief among religious believers, be they conservative Catholics, Protestants, Jews, or Muslims.

The difference was, Orville and Wilbur were driven by a cause, by a purpose, by a belief.

Phelps stresses that corporatist thinking has had a long and enduring history, going back to Saint Paul, the author of as many as 14 books of the New Testament.

Some of Martin Luther King's supporters began to question his belief in peaceful protests.

Before the 15th century it was generally believed that the Earth was at the centre of the universe.

The belief in numerous deities and their cult is characteristic of Greek and Roman mythologies.

And in fact, I think my thesis here is that belief is the natural state of things.

There is a belief that women s bodies can be sold and objectified.

That belief is wishful thinking a burning Middle East can destabilize the world in many ways.

The predominant belief since the dissolution of the Soviet Union has been that another world is not possible.

Religion has gone from a belief in faith and mystery to certainty.

Following these observations, it was a long held belief that Mars contained vast seas and vegetation.

China s march west into the Arab world is a bold effort to translate its economic might into enduring regional and, ultimately, global influence.

China still hews to Mao Zedong s belief that power grows out of the barrel of a gun.