Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
Source: Representative Men, Montaigne, or The Skeptic, 1850.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, (May 25 1803-1882), US philosopher, poet, essayist; He was the main spokesman of his time for moral optimism and belief in the individual: Self-Reliance, 1844.