Favorite quotes

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

Some things have to be believed to be seen.

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

Man is what he believes.

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.

They can conquer who believe they can.

Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are.