In what concerns divine things, belief is not appropriate. Only certainty will do. Anything less than certainty is unworthy of God. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Death, in its certainty, is exacting its due respect and repose before it takes my hand. — Susan Abulhawa Copy Share Image
From all our observations we may collect with certainty, that misery is the lot of man, but cannot discover in what particular… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain than others — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Give us that calm certainty of truth, that nearness to Thee, that conviction of the reality of the life to come, which… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“There is no certainty or predictability. There is no fate. There is a choice. My choice and yours, in each moment that… — Maria Alyokhina Copy Share Image
Religion gives you a sense of certainty. It makes you feel that you have the right answers to really big questions and… — James Heckman Copy Share Image
We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
A person who knows all the answers, has an opinion on everything, has a certainty backed up by rational argument, has very… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
[An artist] will sooner and with more certainty, establish the character of skeletons, than the most learned anatomist, whose eye has not… — Rembrandt Peale Copy Share Image
“In this world, what is here is not necessarily here, and what is now may not really be now: place and time… — Amir Aczel Copy Share Image
I did not imitate the skeptics who doubt only for doubting's sake, and pretend to be always undecided; on the contrary, my… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
It seems to me that self confidence and the ability to stand one's ground are essential if we want to succeed in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
All of us carry around countless bags of dusty old knickknacks dated from childhood: collected resentments, long list of wounds of greater… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
If we base our belief systems on the humble assumption that the complexities of the world are ontologically beyond our understanding, then… — Moby Copy Share Image
It wasn't about wanting to die or having nothing left to live for; it was about letting go. You live your life… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
Still, being fragile creatures, humans always try to hide from themselves the certainty that they will die. They do not see that… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Okay. I'll deal with Benjamin. You're safe, okay? Nothing's gonna happen." His mouth pulled tight against itself. And now I was having… — Lilith Saintcrow 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
Now suppose both death and hell were utterly defeated. Suppose the fight was fixed. Suppose God took you on a crystal ball… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Senator apparently having overcome his loyalty to his wife and father. [Ted] Cruz finally came out and endorsed Donald Trump writing on… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
There have been times when the church seemed afraid, but she is no longer. Analyze, dissect, use your microscope or your spectrum… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
After we have thought out everything carefully in advance and have sought and found without prejudice the most plausible plan, we must… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
I've always been envious of certainty, of people who always seemed to have a plan for their lives. — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
His quiet certainty made the ground beneath my feet feel solid. Like someday everything might actually be okay. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Because these calculations generate precise numbers for an uncertain risk, they produce an illusory certainty.” — Gerd Gigerenzer Copy Share Image
“we give up our freedoms and responsibilities in exchange for the certainty that comes from being told what to do” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The best kind of men have a certainty in themselves that isn't done in when countered by a certainty in their women,… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
While denial leads to certainty, it is only the certainty of death. This is true for individuals and also for civilizations. — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share Image
“Have you ever loved something so much that you never had to even think about whether you did or not? That's how… — R. YS Perez Copy Share Image
“In art we do not make things any simpler by making simpler things. Reduction does not yield certainty, but something like its… — Kirk Varnedoe Copy Share Image
I don't believe anything. I only know some things to a greater degree of certainty than others. — John Ryman Copy Share Image
Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security — John Allen Paulos Copy Share Image
People fear leaving their safe harbor of the known and venturing off into the unknown. Human beings crave certainty - even when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
There was the single abiding certainty that they would never be at a loss for things to carry. — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty and both - precision and certainty are impossible to attain. — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
I, retired in prayer, will always be with you, and together we will move ahead with the Lord in certainty. The Lord… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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