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Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth t

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Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

When I believe in nothing I do not want to meet y

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When I believe in nothing I do not want to meet you when you believe in nothing.

Generally the theories we believe we call facts,

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Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.

He does not believe who does not live according t

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He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.

Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensit

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Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never the correctness, of a belief.

Some things have to be believed to be seen.

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Some things have to be believed to be seen.

Not... what opinions are held, but... h

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Not... what opinions are held, but... how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, [liberal] opinions are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.

Few really believe. The most only believe t

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Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe.

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening t

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Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.

The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speake

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The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

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It is easier to believe than to doubt.

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the

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What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.

Man tends to treat all his opinions as principles

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Man tends to treat all his opinions as principles.

This is how humans are: we question all our

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This is how humans are: we question all our beliefs, except for the ones we really believe, and those we never think to question.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgm

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Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Not believing has a sickness which is believing a

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Not believing has a sickness which is believing a little.

He who does not know how to believe, should not k

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He who does not know how to believe, should not know.

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