Quotes About Conviction

All it takes is an ideology seductive enough to convince you to discard common sense.

In my work on this topic, I've become convinced that what you need instead is a full-fledged philosophy of technology use, rooted in your deep values, that provides clear answers to the questions of what tools you should use and how you should use them and, equally important, enables you to confidently ignore everything else.

And it seemed at that moment that I could hear an inner voice saying to me, "Martin Luther, stand up for righteousness. Stand up for justice. Stand up for truth.

It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine power we could have little faith in ourselves. We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love. Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create. Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important, and that his work, well done, is a part of an unending plan.

To get the job done preaching must be committed to two goals: first it should be passionate and second, fascinating.

Young minister of God, keep that little sparkle in your eyes, and then write down how your call came to you, and when you've written it down in fire, defend it that way. When your defense is expressed in the hottest flame you can engender, only then will your definition be strong enough to last a lifetime.

we cannot make believers. Believers make themselves by voluntarily coming to faith, one at a time.

Nunca se deve considerar uma coisa como certa se for apenas quase certa.

si verdaderamente quieres encontrar una disculpa para justificar cualquier cosa, ten la plena seguridad que la hallarás sin mayor dificultad.

Nos comunicamos con la intención de influir, de enseñar, persuadir y convencer.

Lo malo de quienes se creen en posesión de la verdad es que cuando tienen que demostrarlo no aciertan ni una

When has faith ever been about feelings?

The more I study religion," he wrote, "the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anyone but himself." Although a spy and an infidel and an agnostic

The Fundamentalist does not think that the ends can be reached by various means, and that his method is better; if he did, the hostility would not be as serious.

I don't need to believe, I know.

Llegué muy pronto a la convicción de que si no se da una respuesta y solución desde lo interno a las relaciones de la vida, su significado es muy pobre

In his own mind, it was never a matter of courage. But courage it was.

Some of these persistent people suffer from delusions, the very definition of which explains why they don't let go: a false belief that cannot be shaken even in the face of compelling contrary evidence.

With judgment comes the ability to disregard your own intuition unless you can explain it logically, the eagerness to judge and convict your own feelings, rather than honor them.

Faith succeeds where intelligence says: "No way!"

I've become to realize there's a world of difference between knowing something happened, even knowing why it happened, and believing it.

La gente sólo cree lo que quiere creer.

People believe only what they want to believe.

There's a difference between knowing something happened, even knowing why it happened, and believing it.