“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, book The Conduct of Life

The Conduct of Life, Chapter 6, “Worship,” p. 214
1860s, The Conduct of Life (1860)

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American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803–1882

Peter Chung (1961) Korean-American animator

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“People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.”

Hermann Hesse book Demian

Source: Demian (1919), p. 123
Context: People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. It was a scandal that a breed of fearless and sinister people ran around freely, so they attached a nickname and a myth to these people to get even with them, to make up for the many times they had felt afraid.

“In his opinion, working was vastly overrated. Particularly as a way to build character, for everyone who engaged in it was far too snappish and fussy, and seemed to have no manners at all.”

Hilari Bell (1958) American writer

Source: Crown of Earth

“In my experience, it is perfectly possible to have opinions and also produce valuable, fact-based information for the world.”

Katherine Maher (1983) chief executive officer and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation

Source: Twitter https://twitter.com/krmaher/status/1353456809424547840, (24 January 2021)

“I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.”

Charles Darwin (1809–1882) British naturalist, author of "On the origin of species, by means of natural selection"

volume II, chapter II: "The Growth of the 'Origin of Species' — 1843-1856", page 23 http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?pageseq=39&itemID=F1452.2&viewtype=image; letter http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/entry-729 to J.D. Hooker (11 January 1844) <br class="br">The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887)