To be convinced is to be won over. The word convince comes from "con" meaning "with" and "vincere" meaning "to win." A man convinced has been won. And to hold a conviction means to be won by it and to desire for it to win in others. You cannot be won over without wanting to see others won. If you don't, you can hardly imagine yourself to have been won by what you imagine. To fail to fight for what you believe in is to manifest evidence of unbelief. For the believer, indifference is intolerable.
"Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions." -- G.K. Chesterton
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