Hope Quote by Joseph Glanvill

An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.

— Alexander Pope

The two enemies of the independent thinker: Society's disapproval and the individual's own sense of consistency.

— Emerson

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Obstinacy is an impediment to the free exercise of thought. It paralyses the intelligence. Conclusions based upon preconceived ideas are valueless.”

— Patricia Wentworth

“Only individual opinions are fixed and dogmatic.”

— James Redfield

Emancipation from error is the condition of real knowledge.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Obstinacy is a fault of temperament. Stubbornness and intolerance of contradiction result from a special kind of egotism, which elevates above everything else the…

— Carl von Clausewitz

“13. The actions of Obstinate and Pliable confirm the simple lesson that the world does not easily or readily give up its citizens. Obstinate…

— John Bunyan

Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a…

— Thomas Sowell

A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is…

— C. S. Lewis

The dogmatist will listen to everyone's opinion, and then affirm to himself his godliness.

— Rudolf Hess

“Dogmatism compensates for evidence.”

— Dana Wallace