#lief

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor. ↗

— Frank Howard Clark

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I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

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Into this, for good or ill, is woven every belief of every man who has speech of his fellows. A awful privilege, and an awful responsibility, that we should help to create the world in which posterity will live. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

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That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Belief gets in the way of learning. ↗

— Jeremy Collier

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Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader. ↗

— Rudy Giuliani

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The price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that someday they might force their beliefs on us. ↗

— Mario Cuomo

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The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

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