#credulity

The New Age movement looks like a mixed bag. I see much in it that seems good: It's optimistic; it's enthusiastic; it has the capacity for belief. On the debit side, I think one needs to distinguish between belief and credulity. ↗

— Huston Smith

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It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity. ↗

— Russell Lynes

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The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity. ↗

— Philip Sidney

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The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

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Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

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The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity. ↗

— Carl Van Doren

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The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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There's always this sense of incredulity that writers feel, because they're usually living flat and ordinary lives, because they have to. ↗