As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on...

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on...

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it...

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it...

No age seemed the age of romance to itself.

No age seemed the age of romance to itself.

Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become...

Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and...

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and...

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always...

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always...

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

Work is the grand cure for all maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind -...

Work is the grand cure for all maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind -...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows,...

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows,...

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its...

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its...