Quotes About Conviction

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

Distinguishing between the emotion and the conviction or judgment that triggers it is often fundamental to the solution to one's problem.

Arrancar lágrimas al público es fácil comparado con el objetivo número dos: hacer que decidan lo que tú quieres.

while logic is excellent and noble, and a first-rate way to make a friend look like a drooling idiot, a perfectly logical argument fails to persuade most of the time.

el argumento que apela al bastón (la lucha) no es un argumento. Jamás convence, tan solo inspira venganza o retirada.

Some people would rather that you die for their beliefs than that they re-examine those beliefs.

No, a proof is a proof...

There's no such thing as love; only proof of love.

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.

A pious man is one who would be an athiest if the king were.

Ce-ar fi putut face, ?i unul ?i cel?lalt, cu libertatea de gândire? ?i cu toleran?a? Fiindc?, ?i unul ?i cel?lalt, se considerau de?in?tori ai adev?rului.

Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.

Humanism, he continued, leaning toward his colleagues with the zeal of his conviction even as he stumbled over his words, that holds as its core value the belief that human beings can learn and grow and change, and that art—and literature—can fuel that evolution. But

Is a faith without action a sincere faith?

One should embrace the artist's profession only after recognising in oneself an intense passion for Nature and the disposition to pursue it with a perseverance that nothing can shatter - thirst for neither approval nor financial profit. Do not be discouraged by the censure that might fall upon one's works - one must be armoured with a strong conviction which makes one go straight ahead fearing no obstacle. An unremitting task […] an unassailable conscience. (From a sketchbook of 1847).

What sort of men?" "They don't believe in God, but they have just as much faith in humanity as we do.

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal.

Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't.

I want to put strongly and completely all that is necessary, for things weakly said might as well not be said at all.

Just because something is unbelievable does not mean you shouldn't believe it. Put another way, some things are worth believing in whether they're true or not.

Disgust is so reassuring; it feels like a moral proof.

Focus on what you believe and what you want to create, regardless of the blowback.

If anything was certain, it was that there would always be people looking for someone to tell them what to believe in and what to do.

Belief is frequently a matter of convenience rather than the result of objectively weighing evidence.