Atheism Quote by Rene Descartes

When we speak of ordinary unqualified knowledge, my thought is that we are implicitly relativizing to the standards imposed by our evolution-derived humanity. These…

— Ernest Sosa

What we believe is heavily influenced by what we think others believe

— Thomas Gilovich

“Through having different conversations, I have 'real-eyesed' how common and easy it is to make decisions based on unquestioned belief systems, traditions and concepts…

— Dana Gore

In our development, as we grow throughout our lives, the structure of our beliefs becomes very complicated, and we make it even more complicated…

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

I think that when I first suggested the idea that knowledge should be viewed as a natural kind, many people thought this was just…

— Hilary Kornblith

The difficulty with humanity's previous attempts at reinventing itself is that we've always started with behaviors rather than with beliefs.

— Neale Donald Walsch

What we know and believe is just a program; it is nothing but words, opinions, and ideas we learn from others and from our…

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

To begin with our knowledge grows in spots. ..What you first gain, ... is probably a small amount of new information, a few new…

— William James

The point at which beliefs meet may be more significant, more useful to contemplate, than their sources.

— John Mortimer

Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

— Stanley Fish

All knowledge, we feel, must be built up upon our instinctive beliefs; and if these are rejected, nothing is left.

— Bertrand Russell

The way to belief is short and easy, the way to knowledge is long and hard.

— Ernst Stuhlinger