“Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior.” WantLyingEnemyDangerousAnd LoveConvictionViolentWarriorCourageousWant U Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“To-morrow is that lamp upon the marsh, which a traveller never reacheth; To-morrow, the rainbow's cup, coveted prize of ignorance; To-morrow, the shifting anchorage, dangerous trust of manners; To-morrow, the wrecker's beacon, wily snare of the destroyer. Reconcile conviction with delay, and To-morrow is a fatal lie; Frighten resolutions into action, To-morrow is a wholesome truth.” ActionLyingDangerousIgnoranceTomorrowConvictionCupsMannersPrizeResolutionRainbowDelayLampsShiftingTravellerReconcileMorrowDestroyersSnaresBeaconsMarshes Author:Martin Farquhar Tupper
“In spite of my conviction that a group of deliberately assembled relatives can be one of the dullest, if not most dangerous, gatherings in the world, I am smugly foolhardly enough to have invited all my available family, more than once, to dine with me.” IfsWorldEnoughGroupsDangerousConvictionAvailableSpiteInvitedGatheringDine Book:The Art of Eating Source: The Art of Eating
“All rituals are paradoxical and dangerous enterprises, the traditional and improvised, the sacred and the secular. Paradoxical because rituals are conspicuously artificial and theatrical, yet designed to suggest the inevitability and absolute truth of their messages. Dangerous because when we are not convinced by a ritual we may become aware of ourselves as having made them up, thence on the paralyzing realization that we have made up all our truths; our ceremonies, our most precious conceptions and convictions - all are mere inventions.” MayMadeDangerousMessagesAbsolutesSacredMereConvictionConvincedInventionTraditionalRealizationEnterpriseConceptionRitualArtificialSecularCeremonyTheatricalInevitabilityParadoxicalAbsolute Truth Author:Barbara Myerhoff
“Many couples have made commitments to sexual purity, but instead of adopting a lifestyle that supports this commitment, they continue relationships that encourage physical expression and place themselves in dangerous settings. The path you take with your feet should never contradict the conviction of your heart.” ShouldHeartMadeSupportPathFeetDangerousExpressionCoupleCommitmentConvictionLifestyleSettingSettingsPurityAdopting Book:I Kissed Dating Goodbye: A New Attitude Toward Relationships and Romance Source: I Kissed Dating Goodbye: A New Attitude Toward Relationships and Romance