The average religious person has their beliefs, but they're not trying to get people fired who don't have their beliefs. But zealots… — Kirsten Powers Copy Share Image
“The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I dedicate this novel to Gala, who was constantly by my side while I was writing it, who was the good fairy… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
It has been said, and perhaps with truth, that the conclusions of Political Economy partake more of the certainty of the stricter… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
I think it’s fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions, the burning certainty that we’re unique… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
Certainty creates strength. Certainty gives one something upon which to learn. Uncertainty creates weakness. Uncertainty makes one tentative if not fearful, and… — John M Barry Copy Share Image
The old scientific ideal of episteme - of absolutely certain, demonstrable knowledge - has proved to be an idol. The demand for… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
I have always felt that the moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four… — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
Optimism is a wish without warrant; Christian hope is a certainty, guaranteed by God himself. Optimism reflects ignorance as to whether good… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
The Principle of Uncertainty fixed once for all the realisation that all knowledge is limited. It is an irony of history that… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
On the eve of long voyages or an absence of many years, friends who are tenderly attached will seperate with the usual… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Many fear this side of the door. We crave stability and certainty, so we keep both feet rooted in what we know,… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
“when the great intolerance of faith was lost, the secular robe of office had to supplant the sacred one, and society had… — Hermann Broch Copy Share Image
Mitchell Sanders was right. For the common soldier, at least, war has the feel-the spiritual texture-of a great ghostly fog, thick and… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
The image of the presence, whatever it was, waiting there for him to go -this image had not yet been so concrete… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about… — Louis Aragon Copy Share Image
The attitude of mourning is a faithless attitude, an ignorant attitude. The more we know, the more fully we shall trust, for… — Charles Webster Leadbeater Copy Share Image
“The human spirit glows from that small inner light of doubt whether we are right, while those who believe with complete certainty… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
“The certainty of life is beautiful, but the uncertainty of life is exciting and amazing. It is more exciting to live an… — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
“whatever you are feeling right now, there is a mathematical certainty that someone is feeling that exact thing. This is not to… — Neil Hilborn Copy Share Image
If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Setting regulatory certainty is very important for bitcoin. I'm opposed to the regulations, but the bitcoin businesses need to know the rules… — Roger Ver Copy Share Image
O Mother of God! If I place my confidence in thee, I shall be saved; if I am under thy protection, I… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, growing up male gave little boys a sense of certainty about the natural order of things. We had… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
We desire truth, and find within ourselves only uncertainty. We seek happiness, and find only misery and death. We cannot but desire… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“So called ‘success’ is the marriage of your mindset, skill-set and resourcefulness in any given context. But there are few guarantees and… — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
What unnerves so many liberals about talk radio? Simple: It's the unapologetic nature of the conversation, the unwavering sense of certainty. Where's… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
“The thing is, there is no certainty in this life - in one second your entire world could shift. I'm not saying… — Nikki Rowe Copy Share Image
In this quest to seek and find God in all things, there is still an area of uncertainty. There must be. If… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Think about what it feels like when you interact with someone who makes you notice what's good about yourself (raising your status),… — David Rock Copy Share Image
“She was after all the kind of woman who would make a man easily uproot his life, the kind who, because she… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
If you asked me now who I am, the only answer I could give with any certainty would be my name. For… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
There is a certain hidden mediocrity in those who are stationed above us in life, an ability to take liberties in their… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know nothing. A day will come… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
Even as a teenager, I felt that for whatever reason that we were living very close to the end of human history.… — Anne Graham Lotz Copy Share Image
The most distinctive characteristic which differentiates mathematics from the various branches of empirical science, and which accounts for its fame as the… — Carl Gustav Hempel Copy Share Image
The disappointed man turns his thoughts toward a state of existence where his wiser desires may be fixed with the certainty of… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
“The future isn’t written in the stars. There are no guarantees. So claim your adulthood. Be intentional. Get to work. Pick your… — Meg Jay Copy Share Image
To find the length of an object, we have to perform certain physical operations. The concept of length is therefore fixed when… — Percy Williams Bridgman Copy Share Image
