Belief Quote by David

In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral…

— David Hume

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

— David Hume

Faith: a firm belief for which there is no evidence.

— Bertrand Russell

“Faith is not properly defined as belief without evidence, as some critics would have it. It is an experience, and a way of being.”

— Vincent Smiles

“Logic is not the science of Belief, but the science of Proof, or Evidence. In so far as belief professes to be founded on…

— John Stuart Mill

Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that's also the definition of delusion.

— Richard Dawkins

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

— Ambrose Bierce

Belief without evidence is the very hallmark of the savage.

— Joe Abercrombie

When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but…

— Plutarch

A delusion that encourages belief where there is no evidence is asking for trouble. Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument…

— Richard Dawkins

When you ask why did some particular question occur to a scientist or philosopher for the first time, or why did this particular approach…

— Rebecca Goldstein

The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers is taken as unity…

— Richard Doll