What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite.

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for read more

I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not read more

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows read more

Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows right; only he knows right who thinks right; only he thinks right who believes right.