The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We human beings are strange creatures and still reserve the right to think for ourselves.
We are all wrong so often that it amazes me that we can have any conviction at all over the direction of things to come. But we must.
The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.
Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength and the awareness of the limits beyond which we must not go.
We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.
If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.
Conviction is the conscience of the mind.
The human body and mind are tremendous forces that are continually amazing scientists and society. Therefore, we have no choice but to keep an open mind as to what the human being can achieve.