“We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself”
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“We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself”
“To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution”
“I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me”
“Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth”
“Be true to your own highest conviction”
“A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching”
“A great man is one that can develop convictions in solitude and carry them out in a crowd.”
“Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect”
“What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.”
“My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious”
“The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle”
“It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it”
“If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve”
“Most men of education are more superstitious than they admit - nay, than they think”
“He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss”
“An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards”
“Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion”
“When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen”
“Whether you think you can or think you can't, either way you are right”
“Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.”