"I have never entered into any controversy..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin
I have never entered into any controversy in defense of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them; if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected. Disputes are apt to sour one's temper and disturb one's quiet.
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“To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.”
“The genius of the Platonists, is intoxicating to the student, yet how few particulars of it can I detach from all their books.”
“If thinking is like perceiving, it must be either a process in which the soul is acted upon by what is capable of being thought, or a process different from but analogous to that. The thinking part of the soul must therefore be, while impassable, capable of receiving the form of an object; that is, must be potentially identical in character with its object without being the object. Mind must be related to what is thinkable, as sense is to what is sensible.”
More on Opinions
“Our opinions do not really blossom into fruition until we have expressed them to someone else.”
“The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.”
“We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.”