"The reason why people with differing beliefs tend to clash is this:  a 
belief is not Knowing.  Belief is intellectual and is the creation of 
your own ego regardless of how you arrived at it.  Nothing will defend 
itself to the death like the ego-mind, so it will raise up in defense of
 itself.  Examine a belief and accept the truth it brings you to, then 
release it.  The truth alone will remain and has no need to be 
defended.  It stands alone without effort."
by Jean Mishra
by Jean Mishra
