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Men willingly believe what they wish.

— Julius Caesar

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As a rule in extreme peril fear admits no sense of pity.

The principal point of their doctrine is that the soul does not die and that after death it passes from one body into another.

The principal point of their [Druids] doctrine is that the soul does not die and that after death it passes from one body into another.

In extreme danger, fear turns a deaf ear to every feeling of pity.

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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