Glossary · Term
Belief
Information that has been learned but has not yet been verified. A subjective, internal conception of one's own mind. It does not usually generate satisfaction or happiness.
In the Foundation's Topics
You don't have to agree with everything that will be discussed below, nor do you have to believe any of it, since we're not talking about beliefs; you simply need to verify in your own life the results of applying this information, to see whether it holds true for you.
Both mission and destiny are represented in the personality: the latter through the belief system, and the former through understanding.
Faith and acceptance work with the same file, but the former does so from absolute belief, the latter from recognition of the Law.