Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.
It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
A lot of people don't give much thought to what they believe, and it's easy for them to hold what often are two conflicting ideas in their head at the same time.
People believe what they want to believe.
Belief is thought at rest.
When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.
Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith.
A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
First we have to believe, and then we believe.
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.