Belief Quote by Leonard Mlodinow

Truth lies at the confluence of independent streams of evidence.

— Karl Deutsch

Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.

— John Ortberg

“Our motivations thus influence our beliefs through the subtle ways we choose a comforting pattern from the fabric of evidence.”

— Thomas Gilovich

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

“When people believe a tale that conflicts with self-checkable evidence it tells me that people undervalue the role of evidence on formulating an internal…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“The human tendency toward confirmatory thinking - all of us are bias to seek information that fits what we already believe.”

— Valerie Tarico

Evidence exhausts the truth.

— Georges Braque

“There's a point where anecdotal evidence becomes truth”

— Temple Grandin

When you spring to an idea, and decide it is truth, without evidence, you blind yourself to other possibilities.

— Robin Hobb

“We have to judge all evidence with the same amount of scrutiny. We want truth, not confirmation of whatever our preference is.”

— Lewis N. Roe

There is an overwhelming mass of authentic evidence which can be cited as: direct observation, indirect observation, and supporting evidence or indication…

— Morris K. Jessup

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

— Alison Weir