“I convinced myself that sadness and compromise were the ways of the world…”
Erica Jong (1942) Novelist, poet, memoirist, critic
How to Save Your Own Life (1977)
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American author, poet, editor and literary critic 1809–1849Related quotes
“He seeks not to convince but to arouse — to challenge others to form free opinions.”
Karl Popper (1902–1994) Austrian-British philosopher of science
On Freedom (1958)
Context: The true Enlightenment thinker, the true rationalist, never wants to talk anyone into anything. No, he does not even want to convince; all the time he is aware that he may be wrong. Above all, he values the intellectual independence of others too highly to want to convince them in important matters. He would much rather invite contradiction, preferably in the form of rational and disciplined criticism. He seeks not to convince but to arouse — to challenge others to form free opinions.
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
As quoted in Ms. magazine (August 1972) p. 42
Variant: First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
Letter to Larry Callen (30 October 1957), p. 71
1990s, The Proud Highway : The Fear and Loathing Letters Volume I (1997)
Context: They say that "he who flies highest, falls farthest" — and who am I to argue? But we can't forget that "he who doesn't flap his wings, never flies at all". And with that, I'll stop trying to convince myself that I can't fail; how dull the whole thing would be if that were true.
Marianne Moore (1887–1972) American poet and writer
Quoted by Malvina Hoffman in her Memoir - Yesterday is Tomorrow 1961
Jane Austen book Sense and Sensibility
Variant: Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
Source: Sense and Sensibility
“Thoughts convince thinkers; for this reason, thoughts convince seldom.”
Karlheinz Deschner (1924–2014) German writer and activist
Denken überzeugt Denkende; darum überzeugt Denken selten.
Nur Lebendiges schwimmt gegen den Strom, Aphorismen. 1985.
