False Belief

Famous quotes containing the words false belief, false and/or belief:

    “Acknowledge your male characteristics. Celebrate them. Honor them. Turn them into a manhood that serves the world around you. But do not let them overwhelm you and do not let those who confuse maleness and manhood take your manhood from you. Most of all, do not fall prey to the false belief that mastery and domination are synonymous with manliness.”
    —Kent Nerburn (20th century)

    ““Woe to my sister, false Helen!””
    —Unknown. Binnorie; or, The Two Sisters (l. 55)

    “Still, it will sometimes strike a scientific man that the philosophers have been less intent on finding out what the facts are, than on inquiring what belief is most in harmony with their system.”
    —Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)