BELIEF

Alexander, James W.
There are many great truths which we do not deny, and which nevertheless we do not fully believe.

Balzac, Honore de
It is a singular fact that many men of action incline to the theory of fatalism, while the greater part of men of thought believe in a divine providence.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George
In belief lies the secret of all valuable exertion.

Colton, Caleb C.
He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend, must have a very long head or a very short creed.

Demosthenes
Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe.

Froude, James A.
The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Kieffer, Jean S.
He who expects men to be always as good as their beliefs, indulges a groundless hope; and he who expects men to be always as bad as their beliefs, vexes himself with a needless fear.

Milton, John
A man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believes things, only on the authority of others without other reason, then, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes heresy.

Ovid
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.

Pascal, Blaise
There are three means of believing, by inspiration, by reason, and by custom.—Christianity, which is the only rational system, admits none for its sons who do not believe according to inspiration.

Porter, Noah
Remember that what you believe will depend very much upon what you are.

Shipley, William Davies
I am not afraid of those tender and scrupulous consciences who are ever cautious of professing and believing too much; if they are sincerely wrong, I forgive their errors and respect their integrity.—The men I am afraid of are those who believe everything, subscribe to everything, and vote for everything.

Terence
You believe easily what you hope for earnestly.

Vauvenargue, Luc de Clapiers
Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, Fenelon, that is to say some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages, have been believers in Jesus Christ; and the great Conde, when dying, repeated these noble words, "Yes, I shall see God as he is, face to face! "

Warburton, Bishop
Orthodoxy is my doxy; heterodoxy is another man's doxy.

Watts, Isaac
Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe.—They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.