When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
Believe - Belief Quotes
A belief which does not spring from a conviction in the emotions is no belief at all.
If the man doesn’t believe as we do, we say he is a crank, and that settles it. I mean, it does nowadays, because now we can’t burn him.
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.
I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind – that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking. I believe that no discovery of fact, however trivial, can be wholly useless to the […]
There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.
One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.
I don’t object to Gladstone always having the ace of trumps up his sleeve, but merely to his belief that the Almighty put it there.
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
