Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

It is in the nature of human beings to bend information in the direction of desired conclusions.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

Men willingly believe what they wish.

The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true... or being afraid it is.

How can you take seriously someone who likes to believe something because he finds it 'comforting'?

A belief is not true because it is useful.

Men quickly find a theory that adapts itself to their desires.

Amazing what we can self-rationalize when we really want something

Our nature is to desperately want to believe and to take what we believe is the quickest path there even against our better judgment.

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.

What we wish, that we readily believe.

Men freely believe that which they desire.

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.

It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined by diverse circumstances to adopt certain views, they then look for and naturally find reasons to justify these views.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit, since what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.

In intelligence you can justify almost anything you want to if you go about it with enough zeal and effort which is what happened.

Men can reason themselves into almost any sort of opinion if they are so inclined.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire

To hold an idea and convince ourselves we arrived at it rationally, we go in search of evidence to support our view.

From time to time, everyone distorts. We all tend to believe what supports our side of the question and doubt what weakens it. When we are under stress, we tend to believe what we need to believe.