Quotes About Convictions

Charles Darwin himself recognized this problem and feared it when he wrote hauntingly: "Within me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of a man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy."40 The problem being, of course, that Darwin's theory itself was the conviction of man's mind, and thus by his own logic, he couldn't trust it.

Finally, our beliefs shape how we feel about the results of our actions.

In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other.

The future is not about what you do, it's about what you stand for.

It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

Last, but by no means least, courage - moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle - the roar of the crowd on one side and the.

What the heathen had in their wood, we have in our opinions.

The most human thing we have to do in life is is to learn to speak our honest convictions and feelings and live with the consequences. This is the first requirment of love, and it makes us vulnerable to other people who may ridicule us. But our vulnerability is the only thing we can give to other people.

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions

Whatever people say they believe in terms of spirituality and religion, what they do when they are sick and in need reflects the true basis of their belief system.

The life of thought transforms its own notions. Would not a thought in equilibrium actually be an absence of thought? Thought should be known in states of equilibrium, but in relative and nonfinal states of equilibrium. We know that our most profound convictions will be completed and modified by our future experiences. All equilibrium of thought contains in itself an evolutionary seef.

There are "standard" convictions which are strongly held by nearly everyone. These are (1) the feeling or belief that one is capable of doing his share, holding up his end of the log, exerting a certain amount of independence, and (2) the belief that there is "something" inside you which should not be allowed to suffer indignities.

Sometimes you had to let go of your convictions, or at least loosen them far more than you ever thought you would.

Sometimes you had to let go of your convictions, or at least loosen them far more than you ever though you would.

All the world is believers! They just believe in different absurdities!

A better way to mutual respect is to engage directly with the moral convictions citizens bring to public life, rather than to require that people leave their deepest moral convictions outside politics before they enter.

We are probably wrong to suspect that each individual has some secret passion, some mystery, some weakness; if Jean-Yves's father had had to express his innermost convictions, the profound meaning he ascribed to life, he could probably have cited nothing more than a slight disappointment.

to found a new home in the western continent beyond the ocean, a new fatherland free from tyranny . . . guided by firm convictions and upright motives, not by the whim of the moment.

I have long ago made a final and irrevocable decision. Nothing and no one, no pressure, cither from the right or from the left, will make me abandon the positions of perestroika and new thinking. I do not intend to change my views or convictions. My choice is a final one.

We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.

There are things you can't back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. But it's up to you to decide what them things are.

Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.

I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice!

For when moral convictions are reduced to arbitrary preferences, then they can no longer be debated rationally.