971 Quotes About Beliefs

When we prefer to believe something, we may approach the relevant evidence by asking ourselves,"what evidence is there to support this belief?"...Note that this question is not unbiased: It directs our attention to supportive evidence and away from information that might contradict the desired conclusion. Because it is almost always possible to uncover some supportive evidence, the asymmetrical way we frame the question makes us overly likely to become convinced of what we hope to be true.

- Бывает в жизни и так, что приходится делать выбор между тем, чего хочется, и тем, во что ты веришь.(Доктор Ингрэм - Питеру Макдермотту. "Отель")

All belief is the least reliable form of knowing...Where there is a natural knowing of God, there is not need for belief. The highest form of certainty is something you know so thoroughly and so naturally that it's impossible to put into words.

Our beliefs control our bodies, our minds, and thus our lives...

We are not victims of our genes, but masters of our fates, able to create lives overflowing with peace, happiness, and love.

I had a real life completely separate from beliefs, from the common reality made up of shared beliefs...

My gods dwell in temples made with hands.

Don’t believe everything you repeat in your mind!

For any single thing of importance, there are multiple reasons.