belief quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility."
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"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."
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"Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste."
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"Faith consists in believing what reason cannot."
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"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."
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"Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are."
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"It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey."
1079
"Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the center of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest."
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"An amateur lets the negative opinion of others unman him. He takes external criticism to heart, allowing it to trump his own belief in himself and his work."
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"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts."
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