We move from the illusion of certainty, to the certainty…

Large waves of love and romance are nice, but all waves of strong feeling, with their inherent illusion of certainty, must eventually crash into…

— Anonymous

“The more I think on it the more I realize that certainty is an illusion. History was written by the winner, the news is…

— G. Michael Vasey

“Like the body craves oxygen, the mind is desperate for certainty. It believes that without a safe foothold on reality, it will die. But…

— Jacob Nordby

In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind. Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to…

— Ajahn Chah

“The church's ... certainty is bound to certain norms and ... a feeling of subjective certainty does not guarantee irrefutable certainty ... it is…

— G C Berkouwer

... moral certainty is certainty which is sufficient to regulate our behaviour, or which measures up to the certainty we have on matters relating…

— Rene Descartes

“The difference between theism and new atheist science is the difference between mystery and certainty. Certainty is a relic, an atavism, a husk we…

— Marilynne Robinson

In what concerns divine things, belief is not appropriate. Only certainty will do. Anything less than certainty is unworthy of God.

— Simone Weil

“When I was young, I lacked certainty, too,” he says. “I have the certainty, now, of not needing certainty. I have the certainty, of…

— T. Scott McLeod

First, the only certainty is that there is no certainty. Second, every decision, as a consequence, is a matter of weighing probabilities. Third, despite…

— Robert Rubin

We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is no learning. There is no learning without having to…

— Richard P. Feynman

“A feeling of subjective certainty does not guarantee irrefutable certainty. It is not the certainty, but the truth in the certainty that makes us…

— G.C. Berkouwer

The only certainty is that there is no certainty.

— Robert Rubin

“In the nine years since [Robert] Harris’s novel [Conclave] was published our culture has, if anything, become more enamored with certainty, not less —…

— Junot Díaz

“Azur smiled as if he were expecting these answers and said, 'The Malady of Certainty.' Certainty was to curiosity what the sun was to…

— Elif Shafak