“It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative”
“Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.”
“It is the infirmity of our nature always to believe ourselves much more unhappy than those who groan by our sides!”
“It is easier for most of us to affirm positive behavior than to deal with negative behavior in a positive way.”
“That was the advantage of a young mind--believing was easier.”
“Men are generally right in what they affirm and wrong in what they deny. What we deny is generally something that lies outside our experience, and about which we can therefore say nothing.”