One’s belief in truth begins with doubt of all truths one has believed hitherto.
Believe - Belief Quotes
We are inclined to believe those we do not know, because they have never deceived us.
Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
Man adapts himself to everything, to the best and the worst. To one thing only does he not adapt himself: to being not clear in his own mind what he believes about things.
By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.
People will believe what they want to believe.
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody – it saves so much trouble.
No man ever quite believes in any other man.
What can we surmise about the likelihood of someone’s being caring and generous, loving and helpful, just from knowing that they are a believer? Virtually nothing, say psychologists, sociologists, and others who have studied that question for decades.
