Posted by: Elisabetta
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Behavior)
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
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Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
When you men talk of something, do you have to always say: it is folly, it is wise, it is good, it is bad! But what does this mean? Have you, who talk this way, investigated the internal movements of an action? Do you know how to understand with certainty the causes, and understand why that happened and why it had to happen? If you had done so you would be less ready to judge.
We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.
One day fear knocked on the door, courage got up and opened it to see no one standing outside.
Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say 'yes' to life?
Whoever doesn't choose means that is subject to the choices of the others.
The true oratory consists in saying the necessary and only the necessary.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.
It always seems impossible until it's done.