Quote by Wally Lamb

“People believe what they want to believe. Even if it isn’t true.”

— Julian Houston

“Believing something is just a way of trying to convince yourself that something you so desperately want is real.”

— Bella Jewel

“Everything is true for the person who believes it to be true.”

— Raphael Zernoff

“It's always easier to want to believe in something than it is to say it never was true.”

— Stephen Tobolowsky

“The number one reason we don't believe things that are true is because they don't always feel true.”

— Emily P. Freeman

“People always believe what they want to believe.”

— Paulo Coelho

“believe what you want – not because you were told, but because you truly believe it.”

— Jamie Magee

“Wanting something to be the truth does not make it true and believing that something is reality does not make it real.”

— Jim Vuksic

“And what’s true sometimes isn’t nearly as important as what people believe to be true.”

— John G. Hemry

“Sometimes it's hard to believe what we are really.”

— Riyadh Razzaq

“We often want to hear, not what is true, but what we want to hear.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“What's true is not always what is real . . .”

— Will Carver