![[Salvation] is a curious process of divine burglary. The first thing to be wrested from one by a God who said 'Thou shalt not steal' is one's good opinion of one's self.](/assets/img/quote-photos/salvation-is-a-curious-process-of-divine-burglary-the-first-thing-to-be-wreste.jpg)
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Power is founded upon opinion. Napoleon Bonaparte
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It's almost like a sign of mental illness to base your self-worth on the opinions of complete strangers, you know? Moby
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Call your opinions your creed, and you will change them every week. Phillips Brooks
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I have my own personal opinions, but they're just that. Paula White
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Everyone has an opinion. Paul Walker
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Some things are not forgiveable. Deliberate cruelty is not forgiveable. It is the most unforgiveable thing in my opinion, and the one thing in which I have never, ever been guilty. Tennessee Williams
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Everything is mere opinion. Marcus Aurelius
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Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason.
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