The conviction that the world and man is something that had better not have been, is of a kind to fill us… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I think, like Ronald Reagan, in another way, in a secular way, John Paul II was a great communicator, but he was… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families carries no conviction. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Give us that calm certainty of truth, that nearness to Thee, that conviction of the reality of the life to come, which… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is not conflict of opinions that has made history so violent but conflict of belief in opinions, that is to say… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There is not one state truly alive if it is not as if a cauldron burns and boils in its representative body,… — Sukarno Copy Share Image
It is the generation of the unemphatic. Steal, kill, lie, fornicate, but beware of indulging with conviction. — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
My greatest personal mistake is ever to allow a word or moment that “doesn’t count,” i.e., that I do not refer to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Every sermon must have a solid rest in Scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Toleration of people who differ in convictions and habits requires a residual awareness of the complexity of truth and the possibility of… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
“It is my strong conviction that a realist conception of human nature should be made a servant of an ethic of progressive… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours... better in many ways! I have the faith… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
I have always tried to be obedient regarding important matters like not being scalded to death by burning oil, but when public… — Barbara Dana Copy Share Image
“A conviction, unformulated but strong, rose to the working level of her mind - that painting did something more important for Nicholas… — Ann Bridge Copy Share Image
Both President Obama and I shared the conviction that territorial and maritime disputes in the Asia Pacific region should be settled peacefully… — Benigno Aquino III Copy Share Image
The world has always needed human beings who refuse to believe that history is nothing but a dull, monstrous selfrepetition, a selfperpetuating,… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Duality is the real root of our suffering and of all our conflicts. All our concepts and beliefs, no matter how profound… — Namkhai Norbu Copy Share Image
Our conviction that the world is meaningless is due in part to the fact (discussed in a later paragraph) that the philosophy… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
In what touches their social convictions, most persons do not think. The threat of change, with all it suggests to them in… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
How often have I been guilty of being the Holy Spirit in their lives? It is my job along with my husbands… — Carolyn Mahaney Copy Share Image
I began to understand that there were certain talkers--certain girls--whom people liked to listen to, not because of what they, the girls,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
Whenever convictions are not arrived at by direct contact with the world and the objects themselves, but indirectly through a critique of… — Max Scheler Copy Share Image
A strong person is not meant to be insensitive. He might be compassionate and loving. But, he relentlessly fights for the things… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The ignorant will cling stubbornly to their beliefs. That's why its best to give people the benefit of the doubt and not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The conviction was as solid as the bones beneath her skin: Even the powerful needed protection sometimes.” — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“I do things by the book, even when the book is stupid. You know why? That's how we get the conviction.” — Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Copy Share Image
All discussion, all debate, all dissidence tends to question and in consequence, to upset existing convictions; that is precisely its purpose and… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
My conviction is that those fights need to be fought right now and can be won. And if in fact we have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Life is savagely unfair. It ignores our deep-seated convictions and places a disproportionate emphasis on the decisions we make in split seconds. — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler's superhuman heroism, I had always been attracted to Germany. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I just sing the song and I sing it with conviction, meaning and I get into the mood of every song I… — B.J. The Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
By practice and conviction formed, With ancient stubbornness ingrained, Although her body clung and swarmed, My own identity remained. — Yvor Winters Copy Share Image
There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Politically, I thought [Margaret Thatcher] stank. I think she had a real fight on her hands to get where she got, but… — Andrea Riseborough Copy Share Image
If you cant find evidence to support something you believe in, keep searching. If the facts don't fit the theory, change the… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat. — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
Once you have made your choice, stick with it. Even if you come across problems, have the determination to overcome them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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