971 Quotes About Beliefs

I'll never use force to try to make my enemies think the way I think, George - partly because I don't believe in it, and partly because it's useless. You can't destroy ideas by force, and you can't hide 'em by silence.

Arrogant men show desperate determination to deny even the evidence to prove their prejudice.

Most people never cease to exercise their right to disbelieve something that is obvious, or to believe something that is ridiculous.

Beliefs are the umbrella that we use to protect ourselves on rainy days.

Beliefs can be dangerous viruses that can infect and affect a whole society, a country, and even a whole world.

Beliefs are often imposed or spontaneously created thoughts that cannot be supported by facts.

The less evidence we have for what we believe is certain, the more violently we defend beliefs against those who don't agree.

Perhaps the most general and most important mental habit to instill is an appreciation of the folly of trying to draw conclusions from incomplete and unrepresentative evidence. An essential corollary of this appreciation should be an awareness of how often our everyday experience presents us with biased samples of information.

The difference between my beliefs and having a religious faith is that I am prepared to change my views in light of new evidence, but someone of a religious faith will just stick their fingers in the ears and say: 'I'm not listening, there's nothing you can say that will make me change my mind.