A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself.
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.
The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.