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
“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
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
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
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
I can't say with certainty that slavery would have ended more quickly and more completely if the South had been allowed to… — David Swanson Copy Share Image
The dignity of the human person is a transcendent value, always recognized as such by those who sincerely search for the truth.… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“With the idol of certainty (including that of degrees of imperfect certainty or probability) there falls one of the defences of obscurantism… — Karl Popper 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
There are five dark matters and five lamps. Love of this world is darkness, and the fear of Allaah is its lamp.… — Abu Bakr Copy Share Image
There must be only three supreme values which govern a person's life: Reason, Purpose, and Self-esteem. Reason, as his only tool of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There’s faith that knows itself as faith, Proyas, and there’s faith that confuses itself for knowledge. The first embraces uncertainty, acknowledges the… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
In short, is American life of the future to be characterized by freedom or by servitude, strength or weakness? The answer must… — Douglas MacArthur 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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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
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
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
Doubt is important because it suggests progress. Total certainty can mean there's no assessment of things. Doubt, if you don't panic, can… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
The public, with its mob yearning to be instructed, edified and pulled by the nose, demands certainties; it must be told definitely… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Hope is called the anchor of the soul because it gives stability to the Christian life. But hope is not simply a… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Science is not the affirmation of a set of beliefs but a process of inquiry aimed at building a testable body of… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
I do believe that there is a conflict between science and religion ... the spirit or attitude toward the facts is different… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
There are two options for any society: total prohibition as in a totalitarian state, or total license. Both avoid the ardours of… — P. D. James Copy Share Image
He had thought more than other men, and in matters of the intellect he had that calm objectivity, that certainty of thought… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We can bear up under everything, if we have only the certainty that the monster Hitler with his insatiable bloodletting and plundering… — Friedrich Kellner Copy Share Image
In Chaos Magic , beliefs are not seen as ends in themselves, but as tools for creating desired effects. To fully realize… — Peter J. Carroll Copy Share Image
