I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows read more

Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows right; only he knows right who thinks right; only he thinks right who believes right.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty.

Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief.

Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief.

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.