Quotes About Conviction

The fanatic cannot be weaned away from his cause by an appeal to his reason or moral sense. He fears compromise and cannot be persuaded to qualify the certitude and righteousness of his holy cause. But he finds no difficulty in swinging suddenly and wildly from one holy cause to another. He cannot be convinced but only converted.

The proselytizing fanatic strengthens his own faith by converting others.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

the easiest thing of all is to deceive oneself, for what a man wishes, he generally believes to be true!

Transformer ses hypothèses en certitudes : quelle prétention ! Lâcher toutes les idées pour une : le fanatisme n'a pas d'autre origine !

E?er zeki olmak insan?n bir konudaki fikrinin de?i?ebilmesiyse, o gece ben bunu kan?tlam??t?m.

Moi, je n'ai pas peur, Momo. Je sais ce qu'il y a dans mon Coran.

J'ai la foi. Mais ce n'est pas une certitude. C'est juste un espoir.

Êtes-vous polythéiste, monsieur ? — Pardon ? — Moi je suis monothéiste. Je n'aime qu'un compositeur : Chopin. Je possède la conviction de n'avoir été envoyée sur terre que pour jouer et écouter Chopin.

Dostarczenie dowodu nale?y do tego, kto wysuwa twierdzenie. JeÅ›li utrzymujÄ™, ?e centaury istniejÄ…, muszÄ™ poprze? swojÄ… tezÄ™. - KtoÅ›, kto nie chce wierzy?, zawsze wynajduje powody. - KtoÅ›, kto chce wierzy?, równie?!

Un homme certain, c'est un homme armé. Un homme certain que l'on contredit, c'est dans l'instant un assassin. Il tue le doute. Sa persuasion lui donne le pouvoir de nier sans débat ni regret. Il pense avec un lance-flamme. Il affirme au canon.

It is desirable to avoid trivial and evil company altogether—unless one can assert oneself fully, and thus make the other doubt his own position.

she had to admit the essential difference between Iain and herself: he believed in the possibility of a carnation-strewn, uncomplicated life, and Lola did not. perhaps Iain had thought he could convince her, but grew weary of the endeavor.

but Claire was Southern enough to believe that there were things in this world that couldn't be easily explained, things that couldn't be seen or felt, but were no less real and true.

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.

To be positive To be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

people always manage to 'prove' what they want to believe; they'd be just as well off if they tried to prove the opposite.

La vertu devient morbide si elle n'est adoucie par quelques écarts, et la foi devient aisément cruelle si elle n'est atténuée par quelques doutes." (dans Léon l'Africain

Lorsqu'une calamité s'est effectivement produite, on ne peut jamais démontrer qu'elle était évitable. Même si l'on en est soi-même convaincu. Et je le suis.

MATTERS OF FAITH

There can be no question of mistake or error raised before men who consider whatever they choose to do to be in itself the greatest of virtues.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

Every dogma embodies some shade of truth to give it seeming currency.