Voltaire

“If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.”

- Voltaire, writer and philosopher

Noah Porter

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

- Noah Porter, philosopher, educator, clergyman

John Lilly

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

- John Lilly, physician, scientist, philosopher, writer

Virgil

"They can conquer who believe they can."

- Virgil, ancient Roman epic poet

Anton Chekhov

"Man is what he believes."

- Anton Chekhov, physician, writer, playwright

Bertrand Russell

"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."

- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, historian

Anatole France

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

- Anatole France, poet, journalist, novelist

Dag Hammmarskjold

"Never, "for the sake of peace and quiet," deny your own experience or convictions."

- Dag Hammarskjold, diplomat, economist, author

Thomas Carlyle

"Alas, the fearful Unbelief is unbelief in yourself."

- Thomas Carlyle, satirist, essayist, historian

Oscar Wilde

"Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable."

- Oscar Wilde, poet, novelist, dramatist and critic

Demosthenes

"Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true."


- Demosthenes, Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens