Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I remembered standing in the middle of the street in front of The Crooked Bookshelf, filled with the certainty of a future.… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
To tell you the truth, the older I get, the less I know. I keep meeting people, both older and younger, who… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
Sentimental assertions are always a form of detachment; they confront the acute, terrible awareness of individual pain, the sharp particularity of loss… — Mark Doty 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
“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
The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The moral government of God is a movement in a line onwards towards some grand consummation, in which the principles, indeed, are… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
All those formal systems, in mathematics and physics and the philosophy of science, which claim to give foundations for certain truth are… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
“It is debatable whether blind faith is truly faith at all. Faith is the perceptive gray area where scientific facts meet an… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The best antidote against evils of all kinds, against the evil thoughts that haunt the soul, against the needless perplexities which distract… — Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Copy Share Image
The new painters do not propose, any more than did their predecessors, to be geometers. But it may be said that geometry… — Guillaume Apollinaire Copy Share Image
All I'm arguing for really is that we should have a conversation where the best ideas really thrive, where there's no taboo… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Death is the one great certainty in life. That’s what my dad used to say. Nothing else is certain. Not love. Not… — Mila Gray 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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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 am about to die. It is September 11, and every cell in my body is acutely aware of my looming demise.… — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
