Faith Quote by David Hume Download Open image ““A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.”” — David Hume ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Faith Wisdom Wise man
“When once a man is determined to believe, the very absurdity of the doctrine does but confirm him in his faith.” — Junius Copy Share Image
“The sages of the world have only the right to tell us that they have analysed their minds and have found these facts, and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“He who asserts belief with absolute certainty knows nothing of faith and makes himself into a fool. He who is wise, upon realizing they… — Cristina Marrero Copy Share Image
“As a writer, I believe in going where the evidence takes me rather than coming in with a preconceived notion and forcing the evidence… — Blaine Lee Pardoe Copy Share Image
“Beliefs are conclusions reached by men who are lazy to think for themselves.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Judge, criticize, object before you decide to believe something; but once you believe, you're but an idiot if you need to be scrupulous any… — Raheel Farooq Copy Share Image
“For some of our most important beliefs we have no evidence at all, except that people we love and trust hold these beliefs. Considering” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. The more stupid the… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“The truly wise man is the one who can keep external events from changing him in any way. To do this, he covers himself… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“I am not asking anyone to accept Christianity if his best reasoning tells him that the weight of the evidence is against it.” — CS Lewis Copy Share Image
“The more intense the belief, the less likely that reason and evidence can dislodge it.” — Linda Elder Richard Paul Copy Share Image
“It is impossible for us to think of any thing, which we have not antecedently felt, either by our external or internal senses.” — David Hume Copy Share Image
All morality depends upon our sentiments; and when any action or quality of the mind pleases us after a certain manner we say it… — David Hume Copy Share Image
And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For if truth… — David Hume Copy Share Image
...virtue is attended by more peace of mind than vice, and meets with a more favourable reception from the world. I am sensible, that,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will… — David Hume Copy Share Image
We may conclude, therefore, that, in order to establish laws for the regulation of property, we must be acquainted with the nature and situation… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The religious hypothesis, therefore, must be considered only as a particular method of accounting for the visible phenomena of the universe: but no just… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Manufacturers...gradually shift their places, leaving those countries and provinces which they have already enriched, and flying to others, whether they are allured by the… — David Hume Copy Share Image
We may observe that, in displaying the praises of any humane, beneficent man, there is one circumstance which never fails to be amply insisted… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“The most perfect happiness, surely, must arise from the contemplation of the most perfect object.” — David Hume Copy Share Image
“What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Eternal Trinity... mystery deep as the sea, You could give me no greater gift than the gift of Yourself. For You are a fire… — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does,… — Alice Englert Copy Share Image
“No man is prejudiced in favour of a thing, knowing it to be wrong. He is attached to it on the belief of its… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Let me tell you that atheism has never painted a masterpiece. Atheism has never dispelled fear. Atheism has never healed a disease; faith in… — John Hagee Copy Share Image
“The only limitations for your life are the limiting beliefs in your mind. —Matt Morris” — Matt Morris (1 Copy Share Image
“Just because your faith is shaken doesn’t mean the faith is shaken. The eternal truths of the Kingdom aren’t altered or affected by the… — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image