Belief

Belief

Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.

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Famous quotes containing the word belief:

    The worst cynicism: a belief in luck
    Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938)

    ... a curious superstition. This is the belief that, if there be introspection at all, it must give exhaustive and infallible information.
    Charlie Dunbar Broad (1887–1971)

    Three factors—the belief that child care is female work, the failure of ex-husbands to support their children, and higher male wages at work—have taken the economic rug from under that half of married women who divorce.
    Arlie Hochschild (20th century)