Astronomy Quote by Ann Druyan

He didn't want to believe. He wanted to know.

— Carl Sagan

“but he believed solely because he desired to believe and possibly he fully believed in his secret heart even when he said, ‘I do…

— Dostoevsky F

“You don’t believe it because you don’t want to.”

— Caren Lissner

“Most likely not, but he believed solely because he desired to believe and possibly he fully believed in his secret heart, even when he…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“If I had to believe, I would. But I don’t, and I do.”

— Jarod Kintz

“People would believe what they wanted to believe;”

— Paulo Coelho

“I believed, I believe, I want to believe, and I will believe”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“I’d decided to believe him, but I’d never trusted him again.”

— Alessandra Torre

“Belief means not wanting to know what is true.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“I mean, why? Why did I go on believing? Did it make sense? Why did I go on thinking, even when [he] slammed me…

— Meg Rosoff

To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe.

— Brandon Sanderson

“I hoped he would believe nothing happened. Not that it did. Of this I was painfully aware.”

— Myra McEntire