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Quotes about Belief

With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, (1742 - 1799)

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
- Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
- Leo Rosten, US (Polish-born) author (1908 - )

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
- George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
- Frank Lloyd Wright, US architect (1869 - 1959)

I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.
- Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
- Voltaire, French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)

Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe.
- Laurence J. Peter, US educator & writer (1919 - 1988)

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.
- Louise Erdrich

Man is what he believes.
- Anton Chekhov, Russian dramatist & short story author (1860 - 1904)

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.
- Gerry Spence

Unless you believe, you will not understand.
- Saint Augustine, Carthaginian author, saint, & church father (354 AD - 430 AD)

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.
- John Lilly

They can conquer who believe they can.
- Virgil, Roman epic poet (70 BC - 19 BC)

Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert.
- Virgil, Roman epic poet (70 BC - 19 BC)

Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
- Lewis Carroll, English author & recreational mathematician (1832 - 1898)

Men willingly believe what they wish.
- Julius Caesar, Roman author, general, & politician (100 BC - 44 BC)

Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are.
- Noah Porter, US clergyman, educator, & philosopher (1811 - 1892)

CP Some things have to be believed to be seen.
- Ralph Hodgson