Famous quotes containing the word convinced:
“I’ve become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it’s difficult to tame the beast in oneself.”
—Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883)
“The cynic, a parasite of civilisation, lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not fail.”
—José Ortega Y Gasset (1883–1955)
“Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)