It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not.
One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.
Belief creates the actual fact.
A belief may be larger than a fact.
It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
Don't confine truth to fact. Imaginative truth is as powerful, and often enough, more so than fact.