Quotes About Credulity

and yet, it was not in her nature to question the veracity of a young man of such amiable appearance as Wickham.

Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.

How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again!

Why do we believe one stranger and not another?

Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?

Era fácil decirlo. Era muy fácil creérselo todo. Pero también era muy fácil no creer en nada en absoluto.

We are more naive than those of the Middle Ages, and more frightened, for we can be made to believe almost anything.

Not in vain is Ireland pouring itself all over the earth. The Irish, with their glowing hearts and reverent credulity, are needed in this cold age of intellect and skepticism.

If we go back to the beginning," says Holbach, "we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that fancy, enthusiasm or deceit adorned or disfigured them; that weakness worships them; that credulity preserves them; and that custom respects and tyranny supports them in order to make the blindness of men serve its own interests.

Religion as a key or passport to some other world has had its day; as a mere set of statements or dogmas about the Infinite mystery it has had its day. Science makes us more and more at home in this world, and is coming more and more, to the intuitional mind, to have a religious value. Science kills credulity and superstition, but to the well-balanced mind it enhances the feeling of wonder, of veneration, and of kinship which we feel in the presence of the marvelous universe.

Ich lernte viel an diesem Fall. Ich lernte, daß keine Lüge zu plump ist, als daß die Leute sie nicht glauben würden, wenn sie ihrem geheimen Wunsch, sie zu glauben, entgegenkommt.

No man ever quite believes in any other man.

credulity that was being tested. A fat man with red

Many people no longer trust major media outlets to give them valuable information - and they may never do so again.

Apprenez que tout flatteur Vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute : Cette leçon vaut bien un fromage, sans doute. Flatterers thrive on fools' credulity. The lesson's worth a cheese, don't you agree?

People will believe anything. Except, it seems, the truth.

I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.

The New Age movement looks like a mixed bag. I see much in it that seems good: It's optimistic; it's enthusiastic; it has the capacity for belief. On the debit side, I think one needs to distinguish between belief and credulity.

Liars believe their own lies.

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

When the fire of lust is gone out, then Nirv?na is gained; when the fires of hatred and delusion are gone out, then Nirv?na is gained; when the troubles of mind, arising from blind credulity, and all other evils have ceased, then Nirv?na is gained!

Trust one fool to see no flaws in another!

You wouldn't believe what people will believe once they know our story. They're ready for anything, basically—will believe anything, because they've been thrown off-balance, are still wondering if any of this is true, our story in general, but aren't sure and are terrified of offending us.

Your problem is you don't believe in anything, Lou. And your problem is you believe in everything