“By 'happiness' I do not mean worldly success or outside approval, though it would be priggish to deny that both these things are most agreeable. I mean the inner consciousness, the inner conviction that one is doing well the thing that one is best fitted to do by nature.” WellsMeanWould BeHappinessConsciousnessConvictionDenyApprovalWorldly Book:Edith Sitwell: fire of the mind : an anthology Source: Edith Sitwell: fire of the mind : an anthology
“The traveler to the United States will do wellto prepare himself for the class-consciousness of the natives. This differs from the already familiar English version in being more extreme and based more firmly on the conviction that the class to which the speaker belongs is inherently superior to all others.” StatesUnitedConsciousnessClassUnited StatesConvictionExtremesFamiliarSuperiorsVersionsSpeakersTravelerClass Consciousness Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“Broad paths are open to every endeavour, and a sympathetic recognition is assured to every one who consecrates his art to the divine services of a conviction of a consciousness.” ArtConsciousnessPathDivineWalkingConvictionRecognitionBroadsAssuredSympatheticEndeavour Author:Franz Liszt