We never waste space saying, 'On the one hand.' We just state an opinion in a Godlike voice.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.
It rarely adds anything to say, 'In my opinion' - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.
Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way.
As humans with egos and feelings, none of us wants to be pilloried. But as thinkers and writers, it's our job to express opinions forthrightly and without qualifying them out of existence.
No one ever goes into battle thinking God is on the other side.
Intellectually, now, I believe that it is a complete vanity to say positively there is no God.
Sometimes I rant, in a comical way, about how the gods give with one hand and take with the other.
We continually say things to support an opinion, which we have given, that in reality we don't above half mean.
Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.