Arise Quote by F. C. S. Schiller

“the weight of evidence ‘cannot convince those who do not wish to believe”

— Alison Weir

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

To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly

— Socrates

“Psychologists call this natural tendency to be selective in both our memory and our perception confirmation bias. People with strong convictions often take confirmation…

— Robert Carroll

“It is the natural tendency of the ignorant to believe what is not true. In order to overcome that tendency it is not sufficient…

— H.L. Mencken

Minds fettered by this doctrine no longer inquire concerning a proposition whether it is attested by sufficient evidence, but whether it accords with Scripture;…

— George Eliot

“People are always clinging to what they want to hear, discarding the evidence that doesn’t fit with their beliefs, giving greater weight to evidence…

— Paula Stokes

“Evidence is the debris of a careless mind.”

— Brian Farrey

“We routinely disqualify testimony that would plead for extenuation. That is, we are so persuaded of the rightness of our judgment as to invalidate…

— Wm. Paul Young

“What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“We often fail to allow for the possibility that evidence that should be critical to our judgment is missing—what we see is all there…

— Daniel Kahneman

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness…

— Arthur Schopenhauer