We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposes to rob us of their companionship. It is obviously not the ideas themselves that are dear to us, but our self-esteem, which is threatened.
James Harvey RobinsonWe are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but if someone tries to take them from us, we defend them with almost an illicit passion.
James Harvey RobinsonWe find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.
James Harvey Robinson