False Belief

Famous quotes containing the words false and/or belief:

    The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

    Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is still theoretically possible; and as the test of belief is willingness to act, one may say that faith is the readiness to act in a cause the prosperous issue of which is not certified to us in advance.
    William James (1842–1910)