We may be particularly inclined to acquire and retain beliefs that make us feel good.

People will always prefer black-and-white over shades of grey, and so there will always be the temptation to hold overly-simplified beliefs and to hold them with excessive confidence

What we believe is heavily influenced by what we think others believe

When we do cross paths with people whose beliefs and attitudes conflict with our own, we are rarely challenged.

For desired conclusions, we ask ourselves, "Can I believe this?", but for unpalatable conclusions we ask, "Must I believe this?

we believe certain things because they ought to be true.

I am an i poet.

El sabio puede cambiar de opinión. El necio, nunca.

Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity

My competence is my complete confidence in Christ.

Therefore, let me in honesty speak the truth about our epoch and people.

New Zealand's been pretty quiet on human rights issues, which we will be taking rather more interest in, and in international labor issues.

Boy, does that give you street cred for years after, if you tell people you were on 'The Larry Sanders Show!'

A world government can intervene militarily in the internal affairs of any nation when it disapproves of their activities.

I try to be prepared for the moment, through understanding, and being warmed up, knowing all about chords and scales, so I don't even have to think and I can get right to what it is I want to say.

The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.