Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

CONVICTION

Whatever you say, say it with Conviction. ……..Mark Twain

Men never do evil so thoroughly and cheerfully
as when they do it for Religious Conviction. …….Blaise Pascal,

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. …….Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than
when they are Convinced beyond doubt that they are right. ……….Laurens van de Post

A “No” uttered with deepest Conviction is better and greater than;
A “Yes” uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. …….Mohandas Gandhi

It is the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief.
And once that belief becomes a deep Conviction, things begins to happen. …….Muhammad Ali

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted to conduct. ……Thomas Carlyle

A man’s Conviction is stronger than a flame, a bullet or a rock.
…..Robert Edwin Lee and Jerome Lawrence
(authors: “The night Thoreau spent in jail”)

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