Belief Quote by John Dewey

Mankind likes to think in terms of extreme opposites.

— John Dewey

What else is belief but direction?

— Mohsin Hamid

By going one step further back in thought, discordant opinions are reconciled by being seen to be two extremes of one principle, and we…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the principle of equality I very clearly discern two tendencies; one leading the mind of every man to untried thoughts, the other prohibiting…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

As long as man remains an inquiring animal, there can never be a complete unanimity in our fundamental beliefs. The more diverse our paths,…

— Arthur Keith

“Why is it so difficult for us to think in relative terms? Well, for the good reason that human nature loves absoluteness, and erroneously…

— Felix Alba-Juez

The human understanding, from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and equality in things than it really finds.

— Francis Bacon

“Some things seem to be viewed in similar ways by many people, and I think we should take another look at these and truly…

— Julia Woodman

Thought plus belief equals manifestation.

— Richard Bach

The decision to reject one paradigm is always simultaneously the decision to accept another, and the judgment leading to that decision involves the comparison…

— Thomas Kuhn

“This has suggested to some that the very structure of human thought is oppositional-that is to say, rational and associative, rather than linear and…

— Marcel Danesi

...it is not possible to create the opposite of what one has always known, simply because the opposite is believed to be desired. Human…

— Anonymous