Belief

Famous quotes containing the word belief:

“A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)

“That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility of our being mistaken in all matters of humane Belief and Inquiry.”
—Joseph Glanvill (1636–1680)

“The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency—the belief that the here and now is all there is.”
—Allan Bloom (1930–1992)