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We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of superstitious fears which were implanted in his imagination, no matter how utterly his reason may reject them.

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As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.

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With most people unbelief in one thing is founded upon blind belief in another.

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It is easier to believe than to doubt.

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We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.

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I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe

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To believe with certainty we must begin by doubting.

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Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.

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The human mind must believe in something, so why not let it believe what it does believe.

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He does not live in vain, who employs his wealth, his thought, his speech to advance the good of others.

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