I am a precious evil.

Quote by Anthony Beal

Topics: Conviction Quotes, Life Quotes, Pacifism Quotes

Utter happiness is a fallacy. The best most of us can hope for is that...

Utter happiness is a fallacy. The best most of us can hope for is that...

My pen is my razor, and I've been bleeding.

My pen is my razor, and I've been bleeding.

I wonder when someone will grow the testicles to say to americans everywhere, 'Enough with...

I wonder when someone will grow the testicles to say to americans everywhere, 'Enough with...

For one to expect or ask things of others that he himself, if asked, would...

For one to expect or ask things of others that he himself, if asked, would...

As long as our culture continues to fawn over its downward-aspiring lowest common denominators, the...

As long as our culture continues to fawn over its downward-aspiring lowest common denominators, the...

It takes a disciplined person to listen to convictions which are different from their own.

It takes a disciplined person to listen to convictions which are different from their own.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Change the overall conviction that you can't do anything, and you will be able to...

Change the overall conviction that you can't do anything, and you will be able to...

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...

You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.

You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.

When I reached Vaucouleurs, I easily recognized Robert de Baudricourt, although I had never seen...

When I reached Vaucouleurs, I easily recognized Robert de Baudricourt, although I had never seen...

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions which move...

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions which move...

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is...

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is...

Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the...

Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the...

Convictions in a politician are an infirmity, and may prove a very serious injury.

Convictions in a politician are an infirmity, and may prove a very serious injury.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

Freedom doesnt mean an absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the...

Freedom doesnt mean an absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the...

There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half...

There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half...

Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and...

Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and...

Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.

Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.