Able Quote by David Hume

I say then, that belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone…

— David Hume

A belief is not a belief until you can visualize it, unless you can create a picture of it in your minds eye, especially…

— Hedley Beare

Belief is the capacity to see not only life's surfaces but also its holy depths, to be able to look at events unfolding around…

— Thomas G. Long

A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind.

— Anonymous

A belief is only a thought you continue to think. A belief is nothing more than a chronic pattern of thought, and you have…

— Esther Hicks

Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.

— Dallas Willard

Belief is otiose; reality is sufficiently awesome as it stands.

— Martin Amis

“Belief is the unmitigated, simplest form of mental representation. It’s a psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be…

— Michael Khatkar

Note to self: A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind.

— Robert Oxton Bolt

A belief is really only a thought that you keep thinking.

— Esther Hicks

As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in…

— Anonymous

“Belief is made up of the same non-substance of which we ourselves are composed. The test of any belief system, then, is the degree…

— Eric Micha'el Leventhal