Admitting Quote by C. E. M. Joad

For where is the man that has incontestable evidence of the truth of all that he holds, or of the falsehood of all he…

— John Locke

“We all know dogmatists who are more concerned about holding their opinions than about investigating their truth. ... if they are mistaken, they will…

— David L. Wolfe

“the feeble mind of man did not presume to resist the clear evidence of truth, but yielded its infirmity to wholesome doctrines, as to…

— Augustine of Hippo

It is not true that a man can believe or disbelieve what he will. But it is certain that an active desire to find…

— George Henry Lewes

The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.

— Jonathan Swift

For desired conclusions, we ask ourselves, “Can I believe this?”, but for unpalatable conclusions we ask, “Must I believe this?

— Thomas Gilovich

Truths turn into dogmas the instant that they are disputed. Thus every man who utters a doubt defines a religion.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Some impose upon the world that they believe that which they do not; others, more in number, make themselves believe that they believe, not…

— Michel de Montaigne

The greatest part cannot know, and therefore they must believe.

— John Locke

“Belief and doubt are living attitudes, and involve conduct on our part. Our only way, for example, of doubting, or refusing to believe, that…

— William James

“Believing a given proposition is a matter of believing that it faithfully represents some state of the world, and this fact yields some immediate…

— Sam Harris

Unless he obeys, a man cannot believe.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer