The more a man is imbued with the ordered regularity of all events the firmer becomes his conviction that there is no… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is my fixed conviction that if a parent can give his children a passionate and wholesome devotion to the outdoors, the… — Archibald Rutledge Copy Share Image
The just man having a firm grasp of his intentions, neither the heated passions of his fellow men ordaining something awful, nor… — Horace Copy Share Image
But then books, as I'm sure you know, seldom prompt a course of action. Books generally just confirm you in what you… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the union of the states be cherished and perpetuated.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The word 'tolerance' once meant we all have the right to argue rationally for our deepest convictions in the public arena. Now… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
I speak as a private citizen and not as a representative of the Executive Branch of the United States government. The impression… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The Lord said: 'Without Me you can do nothing' (Jn. 15:5). So for the duration of our life, every day and at… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
Personalism's insistence that only personality-finite and infinite-is ultimately real strengthened me in two convictions: it gave me metaphysical and philosophical grounding for… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I was raised in Austin, Texas, around trial lawyers. My friend and I - we were 14 - would go and watch… — Julie White Copy Share Image
The camera or the microphone in the booth is merciless. If you don't believe what you're saying, it hears it. If you… — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
Political activists of all stripes are usually a wacky bunch, and never more so than in a system like Britain's, where power… — Will Self Copy Share Image
I want to drink life to the dregs, to enlarge myself to the absolute limits of my being - and to strive… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Pray earnestly and fast with purpose and devotion. Some difficulties, like devils, do not come out save by fasting and by prayer.… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
It was her brother,' said Mr. Thornton to himself. 'I am glad.I may never see her again; but it is comfort-a relief-to… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
One of the greatest feelings in life is the conviction that you have lived the life you wanted to live-with the rough… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
The conviction of the justification of using even the most brutal weapons is always dependent on the presence of a fanatical belief… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
What I got in Sunday school ... was simply a firm conviction that the Christian faith was full of palpable absurdities, and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The chief effect of talk on any subject is to strengthen one's own opinions, and, in fact, one never knows exactly what… — Charles Dudley Warner Copy Share Image
Twenty centuries of 'progress' have brought the average citizen a vote, a national anthem, a Ford, a bank account, and a high… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Nationalist Socialist Germany wants peace because of its fundamental convictions. And it wants peace also owing to the realization of the simple… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The conviction that the best way to prepare children for a harsh, rapidly changing world is to introduce formal instruction at anearly… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In a world where the threat is asymmetrical, where the weak defy the strong, the power of conviction, the capacity to convince,… — Dominique de Villepin Copy Share Image
As always occurred when he quarreled over principles in which he believed passionately, he would end up gasping furiously for air and… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
We can read the paper or current magazines and learn about national and world events, think about controversial subjects, learn how to… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
[O]ne of the mixed blessings of being twenty and twenty-one and even twenty-three is the conviction that nothing like this, all evidence… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
There is a secret and wholesome conviction in the heart of every man or woman who has written a book that it… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
I like to be an inspiration and an example of the idea that you can be independent, and it's no problem, and… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
The public only knows one side of [Mark Mark Twain] - the amusing part. Little does it suspect that he was a… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Thoughtful men must feel that the fate of civilization upon this continent is involved in the issue of our contest. Among the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
People who are going to get along really well know it almost as soon as they meet. You spend a little while… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
Her mind traveled crooked streets and aimless goat paths, arriving sometimes at profundity, other times at the revelations of a three-year-old. Throughout… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Its all about perspective, that is how you look at things. Your own thoughts and outlook defines whether an experience, event, situation… — Stella Payton Copy Share Image
Republicans stand by their convictions. Stupid, ignorant, world-destroying convictions based on disproven economic fantasies and ancient books full of primitive morality and… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
It is always easiest to run with the herd; at times, it can take a deep reservoir of courage and conviction to… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
“If this conviction had not been a strongly emotional one and if those searching for knowledge had not been inspired by Spinoza… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My whole life so far, my whole experience has been that our failure has been not to love enough. This conviction brought… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
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