Believes

"Man is what he believes."

-Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904)

"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."

-Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

-Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

Degree of Intelligence

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.

-Lisa Alther, 1975

Quality of Men

"Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions. "

-Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)