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

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

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

we believe certain things because they ought to be true.

I write about pain so you know you're not alone. I've felt it too. I'm releasing it... in hope that you will too.

The world is naturally averse to all truth it sees or hears but swallows nonsense and a lie with greediness and gluttony.

Producing is the antidote to acting. Producing is practical problem solving all day long. As opposed to endless self-obsession and navel gazing.

Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people.

Some people like milk, but I would never drink anything you have to stroke out of an animal.

The past will find a way to squeeze into the present–if you let it.

The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.

Death is not a mystery; it is very simple and clear! It is the life which is the complex and the mystic one!

I have been practising since I was 4 or 5 years old, but that wasn't really practice. I was just having fun.... I just loved to play hockey.