“There is no Christianity unless first there is repentance. And it is not just, “Well, I am guilty.” It is not just a conviction. It is a conviction plus a desire to turn away from those things.”
“Yet none of these things gave him confidence. All they gave him was egotism, which is less the conviction of one's worth than the desire for that conviction.”
“Moins on a de connaissances, plus on a de convictions.”
“Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
“Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.”
“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out. ”