All writers--all beings--are exiles as a matter of course. The certainty about living is that it is a succession of expulsions of… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
I am a product [...of] endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Never thought I'd see the day when Death was denied. That leaves taxes as the only certainty. — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
On September 11, people were shaken, but they quickly calmed down. There was a flash of awareness, which lasted a few fractions… — Rene Girard Copy Share Image
In essence we have become addicted to the certainty, sureness or sense of security that our faith provides — Leo Booth Copy Share Image
But as the work proceeded I was continually reminded of the fable about the elephant and the tortoise. Having constructed an elephant… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Peoples of the entire world need to hear these words. Their conscience needs to grow in the certainty that Someone exists who… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
We have to deal with this new type of threat in a way we haven’t yet defined. . . . With a… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later… — C Williams Copy Share Image
Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Faith is not a certainty. Faith is the courage to live with uncertainty. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
It is hard to bear with people who stand still along the way, lose heart, and seek their happiness in little pleasures… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Were we able to extract from any man a complete answer to the question, "What comes into your mind when you think… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The beliefs which we have most warrant for have no safeguard to rest on but a standing invitation to the whole world… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
In our worship of certainty we must distinguish between the sound certainty and the sham, between what is gold and what is… — Benjamin Cardozo Copy Share Image
I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Even the stoics agree that certainty is very hard to come at; that our assent is worth little, for where is infallibility… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The universe only gives you what you can handle, so trust that whatever is happening to you is exactly what you need.… — Patricia Velasquez Copy Share Image
Few things look as unstable as the rock-solid certainties of previous ages. — Geoff Nicholson Copy Share Image
In the end it all comes down to this: you have a choice (or more accurately a rolling tangle of choices) between… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
If it were possible for us to have so deep an insight into a man's character as shown both in inner and… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image