Belief
Quotes on Belief
With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.
G. C. Lichtenberg (1742-1799) German physicist, writer
When once a man is determined to believe, the very absurdity of the doctrine does but confirm him in his faith.
Junius (18th century) pseudonym of a writer never identified
The word ‘belief’ is a difficult thing for me. I don’t believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it—I don’t need to believe it.
Carl Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychiatrist
There are those who feel an imperative need to believe, for whom the values of a belief are proportionate, not to its truth, but to its definiteness. Incapable of either admitting the existence of contrary judgements or of suspending their own, they supply the place of knowledge by turning other men’s conjectures into dogmas.
C. E. M.Joad (1891-1953) British author, academic
The most positive men are the most credulous.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Anglo-Irish satirist
