Full Idea
To have opinions is inevitable, is natural; to have convictions is less so. Each time I meet someone who has convictions, I wonder what intellectual vice, what flaw has caused him to acquire such a thing.
Gist of Idea
Opinions are fine, but having convictions means something has gone wrong
Source
E.M. Cioran (The Trouble with Being Born [1973], 12)
Book Reference
Cioran,E.M.: 'The Trouble with Being Born', ed/tr. Richard Howard [Penguin 2012], p.169
A Reaction
'The best lack all conviction/ While the worst are full of passionate intensity' (Yeats). I agree with this. Convictions are so often accompanied by anger.