#ink

[W]e have an automatic tendency to pay attention to or seek out information that is in agreement with (confirms) our preconceptions, and to ignore, distort or avoid information that contradicts (disconfirms) our preconceptions, a tendency that is called the confirmation bias. The confirmation bias serves to maintain and strengthen the beliefs that we already hold by causing us to automatically (that is, without being aware that we are doing so) perceive and remember experiences that confirm these beliefs, and to ignore or reinterpret those that disconfirm them. Because we tend to seek out only confirming evidence, our beliefs over time become so well confirmed in our minds that we come to think of them as “obviously true." In order to avoid the confirmation bias, we must force ourselves to look for evidence that disconfirms our beliefs. ↗

— Wadsworth Publishing

#experience

... in moments of crisis our thoughts do not run consecutively but rather sweep over us in waves or intuition and experience ... ↗

— John le Carré

#experience #intuition #thinking #experience

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#angels #any #beings #cannot #earth

The humility of wisdom is the happy consciousness that all things come from God, are sustained by God, and exist for God. This wisdom is rooted in the pride-destroying, joy-giving cross of Christ. ↗

— John Piper

#humility #thinking #wisdom #faith

I tried that too, you know. After ... my family was murdered, and I was waiting for justice, I tried to hide inside a bottle. But some men, Tony, [..] are not small enough to fit into a bottle. ↗

— Aleksandr Voinov

#family

To create a new belief is easy but to understand and improve someone's concept and to develop it for good is difficult. ↗

— Vikram Roy

#freedom-of-thought #freedom

Alamo has been a strong inspiration for nations striving for freedom all around the globe since 1836. Gvozdansko has not earned public reputation, but profoundly touched the heart of the bitter enemy Ferhat-paša alone in 1578. Croats have a duty and obligation to learn about Gvozdansko. ↗

— Vinko Vrbanic

#battle #ferhat-pasa #freedom #gvozdansko #ottoman

99% of all problems can be solved by money -- and for the other 1% there's alcohol. ↗

— Quentin R. Bufogle

#money

Two things you will never have to chase: True friends & true love. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#friends #friendship #knowing-your-worth #love #not-settling

The only time I really think is when I smoke, and I quit smoking years ago. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#humor #quit #smoking #thinking #funny