What we wish, that we readily believe.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.
We cannot wish for that we know not.
You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.
Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
I write of the wish that comes true - for some reason, a terrifying concept.