Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.Bertrand Russell
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.Robert G. Ingersoll
No doubt one can, in light of further study and life experience, come to repudiate past convictions.Norman Finkelstein