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Not… what opinions are held, but… how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, [liberal] opinions are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment. – Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays, 1950

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yamai wa ki kara
sickness is a thing of the spirit – Japanese Proverb

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Not believing has a sickness which is believing a little. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. – Seneca

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This is how humans are: we question all our beliefs, except for the ones we really believe, and those we never think to question. – Orson Scott Card

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