Believe nothing, O Monk, merely because you have been told it. But believe what, after due examination and analysis, you find conducive to the welfare of all beings.
Believe - Belief Quotes
The man who cannot believe his senses, and the man, who cannot believe in anything else, are both insane.
So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is unwise and their conscience that it is wrong.
The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds.
Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the devout worshiper at any shrine reflects something of its golden glow, even as the glory of a noble love shines like a sort of light from a woman’s face.
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
People only think a thing’s worth believing in if it’s hard to believe.
I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can’t answer your question. (In response to a question about whether he wished he could take back any of his answers in the first debate. Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2000)
