Belief Quote by Thomas Henry Huxley

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

— Thomas Huxley

“It may be laid down broadly that irrationalism, i.e. disbelief in objective fact, arises almost always from the desire to assert something for which…

— Bertrand Russell

“Questioning our own motives, and our own process, is critical to a skeptical and scientific outlook. We must realize that the default mode of…

— Steven Novella

“reasonable people often have difficulty anticipating irrationality from unreasonable people.”

— Bobby Adair

“We hold many dubious beliefs, in other words, not because they satisfy some important psychological need, but because they seem to be the most…

— Thomas Gilovich

“We humans like to think we are creatures of reason. We aren't. The reality is that we make our decisions first and rationalize them…

— Scott Adams

“if people begin by thinking rationally, the danger is that they may end by acting rationally also.”

— Grant Allen

“The mind of the most rational among us may be compared to a stormy ocean of passionate convictions based on desire, upon which float…

— Bertrand Russell

“So we invent reasons for the unreasonable. We are rationalists of the irrational. It”

— Joyce Carol Oates

“Humans think they are rational, and they think they understand their reality. But they are wrong on both counts.”

— Scott Adams

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

— Thomas Gilovich

“Look into the irrationality closely, with a determination not to respect it, and not to let it dominate you. Whenever it thrusts foolish thoughts…

— Bertrand Russell