believe - quotes

Michael (Joseph) Jackson, 1958-2009

was an American musician, dancer, and entertainer

In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.

( http://thinkexist.com/quotes/Michael_Jackson/ )

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799

was a German scientist, satirist and Anglophile

First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again —  and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.

G(ilbert) K(eith) Chesterton, 1874-1936

was an English author and mystery novelist

The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.

( “Orthodoxy”, p. 14, 1908 )

John Ruskin, 1819-1900

was an English critic, essayist, and reformer

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.