It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.
Source: In Saturday Review, 2 Jun 1962.
-- John Ciardi, (Jun 24 1916-1986), English dramatist, actor, author; He was an award-winning writer best known for the English translation of Dante's Inferno, 1954.