Stupidity is knowing the truth, seeing the truth but still believing the lies. And that is more infectious than any other disease.Richard Feynman
It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.Tony Robbins
When men do not have healthy notions of the Divinity, false ideas supplant them, just as in bad times one uses counterfeit money when there is no good money.Voltaire
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.Tony Robbins
Someone with half your IQ is making 10x as you because they aren't smart enough to doubt themselves.Naval Ravikant
The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.William James
So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.Freeman Dyson
Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs.Leon Trotsky