Deliberate Quote by Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

Thus it often is, that the constant friction of illiberal minds wears out at last the best resolves of the more generous.

— Herman Melville

Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.

— Anonymous

The "passion for incredulity" can produce as much self-deception as the uncritical will to believe.

— Colin Wilson

The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and overlook the actual expression.

— Jacques Barzun

Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.

— Thucydides

“Systemic processes tend to reward people for making decisions that turn out to be right—creating great resentment among the anointed, who feel themselves entitled…

— Thomas Sowell

“While it’s easier to avoid confrontations in the short run, the consequences of doing so can be massively destructive in the long term. It’s…

— Ray Dalio

When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.

— Stephen Jay Gould

Whatever politicians, activists and manipulators propose, it is the phlegmatic, indifferent, ingrained electorate which disposes.

— Don Aitkin

Remember that mindsets can not be changed through force and coercion. No idea can ever be forcibly thrust upon any one.

— Pervez Musharraf

Conflict exists strictly as an opportunity to raise our consciousness.

— Carl Jung

Among some people arrogance supplies the place of grandeur, inhumanity of decision, and roguery of intelligence.

— Jean de la Bruyere