Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“but he believed solely because he desired to believe and possibly he fully believed in his secret heart even when he said, ‘I do…

— Dostoevsky F

“The fact was that he had ceased to believe not for this reason or the other, but because he had not the religious temperament.”

— W. Somerset Maugham

“It was what he wanted to believe with all his heart.”

— Kristin Kladstrup

“He respected the power of faith, the benevolence of churches, the strength religion gave so many people . . . and yet, for him,…

— Dan Brown

I don't think he believed most of the things he said himself.

— Howard Cannon

No one indeed believes anything unless he has first thought that it it to be believed.

— Saint Augustine

To proclaim himself an agnostic, while to some it might appear more respectable and cautious, would be to say in effect that he hadn't…

— E. Haldeman-Julius

“He believed in nothing. Which is why his departures and his pursuit of the most intense feelings and acts were so radical, so deep…

— Dionne Brand

He didn't want to believe. He wanted to know.

— Carl Sagan

“Though he did not believe, he was not untouched by the magic of belief ...”

— Donna Leon

“Truly, "seeing is believing" - and many a man lives a long life through, thinking he believes certain universally received and well established things,…

— Mark Twain

“Just when a man makes a decision that everything he's believed his whole life is a lie, something comes along tempting him to believe…

— Brent Weeks