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“It has long been observed, that an atheist has no just reason for endeavouring conversions; and yet none harass those minds which they can influence, with more importunity of solicitation to adopt their opinions. In proportion as they doubt the truth of their own doctrines, they are desirous to gain the attestation of another understanding: and industriously labour to win a proselyte, and eagerly catch at the slightest pretense to dignify their sect with a distinguished name.”

Source: The Beauties of Samuel Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous

“By the study of their biographies, we receive each man as a guest into our minds, and we seem to understand their character as the result of a personal acquaintance, because we have obtained from their acts the best and most important means of forming an opinion about them. "What greater pleasure could'st thou gain than this?" What more valuable for the elevation of our own character?”

Men Mind Mean Important Character Seems Pleasure Results Opinion Study Greater Gains Valuable Guests Biographies Acquaintance Elevation

Book:Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: Complete

Source: Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: Complete

“The presumption that any current opinion is not wholly false, gains in strength according to the number of its adherents.”

Numbers Opinion Gains Currents Presumption

Book:First Principles

Source: First Principles

“The Soviet Union's propaganda clearly wishes to use public opinion in this country to get the West to reduce its own arms while doing nothing themselves. In this way they would gain nuclear superiority. This is simply not on.”

Way Country Use Wish Opinion Arms Gains Unions West Nuclear Propaganda Soviet Superiority Soviet Union Public Opinion Doing Nothing

Author:James Callaghan

“The truly great consider, first, how they may gain the approbation of God, and, secondly, that of their own conscience. Having done this, they would then willingly conciliate the good opinion of their fellow-men. But the truly little reverse the thing. The primary object with them is to secure the applause of their fellow-men; and having effected this, the approbation of God and their own conscience may follow on as they can.”

Men Firsts May Littles Done Opinion Atheism Objects Conscience Gains Fellows Secure Primaries Reverse Fellow Man Applause

Book:Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan

Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan

“Silence is one great art of conversation. He is not a fool who knows when to hold his tongue; and a person may gain credit for sense, eloquence, wit, who merely says nothing to lessen the opinion which others have of these qualities in themselves.”

Knows May Persons Art Silence Quality Opinion Fool Conversation Gains Credit Tongue Wit Silence Is Great Art Eloquence Art Of Conversation

Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

“You can do as many sprints as you want but there's nothing like playing in a 90-minute soccer game. There's no better way to gain your fitness, in my opinion, than playing in consistent games.”

Way Want Games Can Do Opinion Minutes Gains Soccer Consistent Better Ways Sprint Soccer Game

Author:Abby Wambach

“To accept opinions is to gain the good solid feeling of being correct without having to think.”

Thinking Feelings Accepting Opinion Gains

Book:The Power Elite

Source: The Power Elite

“So that in the nature of man, we find three principal causes of quarrel. First, competition; secondly, diffidence; thirdly, glory. The first maketh men invade for gain; the second, for safety; and the third, for reputation. The first use violence, to make themselves masters of other men's persons, wives, children, and cattle; the second, to defend them; the third, for trifles, as a word, a smile, a different opinion, and any other sign of undervalue, either direct in their persons or by reflection in their kindred, their friends, their nation, their profession, or their name.”

Source: Leviathan, Parts I and II

“For every gain in deep certitude there is a corresponding growth of superficial "doubt." This doubt is by no means opposed to genuine faith, but it mercilessly examines and questions the spurious "faith" of everyday life, the human faith which is nothing but the passive acceptance of conventional opinion.”

Humans Mean Growth Opinion Doubt Acceptance Gains Everyday Genuine Conventional Passive Superficial Everyday Life Corresponding Certitude

Book:New Seeds of Contemplation

Source: New Seeds of Contemplation

“What do intellectuals and opinion makers get from big government? An increasing number of cushy jobs in the bureaucracy, or in the government-subsidized sector, staffing the welfare regulatory state, and apologizing for its policies, as well as propagandizing for them among the public. To put it bluntly, intellectuals, theorists, pundits, media elites, etc. get to live a life which they could not attain on the free market, but which they can gain at taxpayer expense.”

“A friend will give you immediate feedback and that will be that friend's opinion. An analyst often remains quiet and you hear what you've said and you gain your own insight.”

Giving Said Opinion Quiet Gains Remains Insight Feedback Analysts

Author:Mary Tyler Moore

“My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.”

Mind Opinion Minutes Gains Conviction Adopted

Author:Malcolm Muggeridge

“If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.”

Ifs Men Way Happiness Opinion Ignorance Gains Riches Rely Lasting Permit Imperfect Rely Upon Lasting Happiness Imperfect Man

Author:Joseph Franklin Rutherford

“Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think.”

Thinking Philosophy Suffering Opinion Study Gains Errors Dues Preparation

Book:On Liberty

Source: On Liberty

“But the transformation of consciousness undertaken in Taoism and Zen is more like the correction of faulty perception or the curing of a disease. It is not an acquisitive process of learning more and more facts or greater and greater skills, but rather an unlearning of wrong habits and opinions. As Lao-tzu said, "The scholar gains every day, but the Taoist loses every day.”

Source: The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness

“So long as an opinion is strongly rooted in the feelings, it gains rather than loses in stability by having a preponderating weight of argument against it.”

Long Feelings Loses Opinion Gains Argument Weight Stability Rooted

Book:Essays on Sex Equality

Source: Essays on Sex Equality

“To begin with, our knowledge grows in spots. The spots may be large or small, but the knowledge ever grows all over... What you first gain from them is probably a small amount of new information, a few new definitions, or distinctions, or points of view. But while these special ideas are being added, the rest of your knowledge stands still, and only gradually will you 'line up' your previous opinions with the novelties I am trying to instil, and modify to some slight degree their mass.”

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