#lief

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widely spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#bertrand #evidence #foolish #majority #opinion

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#belief #capable #every #evil #men

People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been--for a moment's relief from that gray load of suffering which seemed so inexplicable and unnecessary. He had never been able to understand why men should be unhappy. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#happiness #happy #joy #pain #relief

Listening to people espouse beliefs different from mine is informative, not threatening, because the only thing that can alter my worldview is a new and undeniable truth, and contrary to what Jack Nicholson says in 'A Few Good Men', "I CAN handle the truth. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#truth #men

With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another. ↗

— Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

#men

If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one. ↗

— Albert Camus

#meaning #men

If I understand this correctly Christ taught here the alarming doctrine that the desire for honor among men made belief impossible. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#honor #pride #men

I used to use business to make money. But I've learned that business is a tool. You can use it to support what you believe in. ↗

— Po Bronson

#business #business

Sometimes it seems that men--yes, and even women too!--if they believe in a thing strongly enough, they get a strength or endurance that they wouldn't have believe possible. ↗

— Carter Dickson

#endurance #strength #men

He sees daily evidence that many things held to be true by nine-tenths of all men are, in reality, false, and he is thereby apt to acquire a doubt of everything, including his own beliefs. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#doubt #men