Misleading Beliefs Quotes

Assumptions are dangerous things.

There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.

Another source of fallacy is the vicious circle of illusions which consists on the one hand of believing what we see, and on the other in seeing what we believe.

A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.

A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices.

The most dangerous of our calculations are those we call illusions.

I think people have a misconception of me, period. My life has been a whirlwind sometimes, but it's different to what people think. I definitely feel like there's a misconception about me and who I am.

The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable.

Hope deceives more men than cunning does.

We move from the illusion of certainty, to the certainty of illusion

The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious beliefin lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly above us, to whose personal profit and aggrandizement it was to have us continue to believe as they wished us to believe.

Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.

Unfortunately, kids are led to believe things are easier to achieve than they really are.

One must not let oneself be misled: they say 'Judge not!' but they send to Hell everything that stands in their way.

I agree with the sentiment that it's probably more dangerous to believe some things that aren't so than to not believe something - you know, to believe in a lie.

The heresies we should fear are those which can be confused with orthodoxy.

I don't think it's true that blondes have more fun... Trust me, it is not true!

Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles.

History is nothing more than the belief in the senses, the belief in falsehood.

I've just come to realize I'm going to share my point of view. Some people won't like me for it. Some people will. I will work every day to be as honest as I can because I do believe that we're all trying to get to the same place. But various people have tricked us into believing that we are not. And I see America going into that space.

We all have a little weakness, which is very natural but rather misleading, for supposing that this epoch must be the end of the world because it will be the end of us. How future generations will get on without us is indeed, when we come to think of it, quite a puzzle. But I suppose they will get on somehow, and may possibly venture to revise our judgments as we have revised earlier judgments.

Pay attention to science and not myths: We think liars won't look you in the eyes, but it turns out an honest person will only look you in the eyes about 60 percent of the time.

I always had this impression that money bought you happiness and money solved everything, and it's the biggest lie I have ever been told.