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> [Can you predict the future with absolute certainty? Your answer must be no. You have two options: You can either decide to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-d-burns/can-you-predict-the-future-with-absolute-certainty-your-answer-must/)

[David D. Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-d-burns/)

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> [The opposite of faith is not doubt: It is certainty. It is madness. You can tell you have created God in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/the-opposite-of-faith-is-not-doubt-it-is-certainty-it-is-madness-you/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [But 'the physical level of rigor' is higher on certainty than the logical one, since reproducible experiments are more reliable than anybody's,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-leonidovich-gromov/but-the-physical-level-of-rigor-is-higher-on-certainty-than-the/)

[Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-leonidovich-gromov/)

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> [Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-acton/power-tends-to-corrupt-and-absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely-great-2/)

[Lord Acton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-acton/)

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> [What we've established (in San Diego) with my growing family is hard to re-create. It's hard to up and re-create that. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-rivers/what-we-ve-established-in-san-diego-with-my-growing-family-is-hard-to/)

[Philip Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-rivers/)

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> [“I know with unqualified certainty that I want to die. But I also know with equivalent certainty that I won't do anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/i-know-with-unqualified-certainty-that-i-want-to-die-but-i-also-know/)

[Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/)

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> [OK, so this pack - tax package includes about 50 tax breaks. None of them are new. They were all existing tax…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-davis/ok-so-this-pack-tax-package-includes-about-50-tax-breaks-none-of-them/)

[Susan Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-davis/)

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> [Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a pretty thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ortega-y-gasset/our-firmest-convictions-are-apt-to-be-the-most-suspect-they-mark-our/)

[Jose Ortega y Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ortega-y-gasset/)

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> [The capacity to tolerate complexity and welcome contradiction, not the need for simplicity and certainty, is the attribute of an explorer. Centuries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinz-pagels/the-capacity-to-tolerate-complexity-and-welcome-contradiction-not-the/)

[Heinz Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinz-pagels/)

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> [“As a physician, I was trained to deal with uncertainty as aggressively as I dealt with disease itself. The unknown was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-naomi-remen/as-a-physician-i-was-trained-to-deal-with-uncertainty-as-aggressively/)

[Rachel Naomi Remen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-naomi-remen/)

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> [“The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. So long as men are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-demand-for-certainty-is-one-which-is-natural-to-man-but-is/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [This writer, who is horribly perspicacious and vigorous, demonstrates the certainty of a great European war, and regards it with the peculiar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/this-writer-who-is-horribly-perspicacious-and-vigorous-demonstrates/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

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> [As long as we're caught up in always looking for certainty and happiness, rather than honoring the taste and smell and quality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/as-long-as-we-re-caught-up-in-always-looking-for-certainty-and/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [The beliefs which we have most warrant for have no safeguard to rest on but a standing invitation to the whole world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/the-beliefs-which-we-have-most-warrant-for-have-no-safeguard-to-rest-2/)

[John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/)

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> [“promise you that it’s not. In fact, once you become even reasonably proficient with the Straight Line System, you’ll be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-belfort/promise-you-that-it-s-not-in-fact-once-you-become-even-reasonably/)

[Jordan Belfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-belfort/)

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> [I am a product of endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/i-am-a-product-of-endless-books-my-father-bought-all-the-books-he-2/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [Our culture is becoming more hostile to the gospel. This trend may be more established in Australia than in the USA, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/our-culture-is-becoming-more-hostile-to-the-gospel-this-trend-may-be/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

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> [Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/philosophy-though-unable-to-tell-us-with-certainty-what-is-the-true-2/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [Psychological man may be going nowhere, but he aims to achieve a certain speed and certainty in going. Like his predecessor, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-rieff/psychological-man-may-be-going-nowhere-but-he-aims-to-achieve-a/)

[Philip Rieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-rieff/)

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> [“While the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/while-the-individual-man-is-an-insoluble-puzzle-in-the-aggregate-he-2/)

[Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/)

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> [“To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/to-teach-how-to-live-without-certainty-and-yet-without-being/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [We all return. It is this certainty that gives meaning to life and it does not make the slightest difference whether or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-mahler/we-all-return-it-is-this-certainty-that-gives-meaning-to-life-and-it/)

[Gustav Mahler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-mahler/)

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> [In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people who would shut up the human race upon this globe, we shall one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/in-spite-of-the-opinions-of-certain-narrow-minded-people-who-would-2/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

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> [I'm a big proponent of playing all sports when you're growing up. I think they all help you from a competitiveness standpoint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hayward/i-m-a-big-proponent-of-playing-all-sports-when-you-re-growing-up-i/)

[Gordon Hayward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hayward/)

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> [To me it seems that those sciences are vain and full of error which are not born of experience, mother of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/to-me-it-seems-that-those-sciences-are-vain-and-full-of-error-which-2/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

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> [In philosophical terms, the opposite of rationalism is not irrationalism but empiricism, that is, a willingness to form beliefs on the basis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quiggin/in-philosophical-terms-the-opposite-of-rationalism-is-not/)

[John Quiggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quiggin/)

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> [Indecision is fatal. It is better to make a wrong decision than build up a habit of indecision. If you're wallowing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-beynon-lyons-ray/indecision-is-fatal-it-is-better-to-make-a-wrong-decision-than-build/)

[Marie Beynon Lyons Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-beynon-lyons-ray/)

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> [I am not a mathematician, but I was aware that for centuries, mathematics was considered the queen of the sciences because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-am-not-a-mathematician-but-i-was-aware-that-for-centuries/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [“is known as a certainty that there exists an unimaginably powerful creator and sustainer of reality, and of you in particular. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-radin/is-known-as-a-certainty-that-there-exists-an-unimaginably-powerful/)

[Dean Radin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-radin/)

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> [Why, when no honest man will deny in private that every ultimate problem is wrapped in the profoundest mystery, do honest men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-stephen/why-when-no-honest-man-will-deny-in-private-that-every-ultimate/)

[Leslie Stephen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-stephen/)

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> [We've created a multitrillion-dollar edifice for dispensing the medical equivalent of lottery tickets - and have only the rudiments of a system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atul-gawande/we-ve-created-a-multitrillion-dollar-edifice-for-dispensing-the/)

[Atul Gawande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atul-gawande/)

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> [The existence of a first cause of the universe is a necessity of thought ... Amid the mysteries which become more mysterious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/the-existence-of-a-first-cause-of-the-universe-is-a-necessity-of/)

[Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/)

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> [That which is true must always remain true, though the applications may change greatly from generation to generation. It is the absence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/that-which-is-true-must-always-remain-true-though-the-applications/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [There are two modes of knowledge: through argument and through experience. Argument brings conclusions and compels us to concede them, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bacon/there-are-two-modes-of-knowledge-through-argument-and-through/)

[Roger Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bacon/)

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> [I speak "with absolute certainty" only so far as my own personal belief is concerned. Those who have not the same warrant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/i-speak-with-absolute-certainty-only-so-far-as-my-own-personal-belief/)

[H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/)

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> [Through positive thinking and related approaches, we seek the safety and solid ground of certainty, of knowing how the future will turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-burkeman/through-positive-thinking-and-related-approaches-we-seek-the-safety/)

[Oliver Burkeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-burkeman/)

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> [People who have never run even a modest little business assert with great certainty and indignation that heads of multinational corporations are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/people-who-have-never-run-even-a-modest-little-business-assert-with/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/the-main-thing-that-endears-the-united-nations-to-member-governments-2/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

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> [I learned long ago that loss is not only probable but inevitable. I know what it means to lose everything, to let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-baker-kline/i-learned-long-ago-that-loss-is-not-only-probable-but-inevitable-i/)

[Christina Baker Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-baker-kline/)

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> ['Belief' means something that you do not know. You want to assume and bring a certainty to something that you do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaggi-vasudev/belief-means-something-that-you-do-not-know-you-want-to-assume-and/)

[Jaggi Vasudev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaggi-vasudev/)

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                        "text": "“As a physician, I was trained to deal with uncertainty as aggressively as I dealt with disease itself. The unknown was the enemy. Within this worldview, having a question feels like an emergency; it means that something is out of control and needs to be made known as rapidly, efficiently, and cost-effectively as possible. But death has taken me to the edge of certainty, to the place of questions. After years of trading mystery for mastery, it was hard and even frightening to stop offering myself reasonable explanations for some of the things that I observed and that others told me, and simply take them as they are. \"I don't know\" had long been a statement of shame, of personal and professional failing. In all of my training I do not recall hearing it said aloud even once. But as I listened to more and more people with life-threatening illnesses tell their stories, not knowing simply became a matter of integrity. Things happened. And the explanations I offered myself became increasingly hollow, like a child whistling in the dark. The truth was that very often I didn't know and couldn't explain, and finally, weighed down by the many, many instances of the mysterious which are such an integral part of illness and healing, I surrendered. It was a moment of awakening. For the first time, I became curious about the things I had been unwilling to see before, more sensitive to inconsistencies I had glibly explained or successfully ignored, more willing to ask people questions and draw them out about stories I would have otherwise dismissed. What I have found in the end was that the life I had defended as a doctor as precious was also Holy. I no longer feel that life is ordinary. Everyday life is filled with mystery. The things we know are only a small part of the things we cannot know but can only glimpse. Yet even the smallest of glimpses can sustain us. Mystery seems to have the power to comfort, to offer hope, and to lend meaning in times of loss and pain. In surprising ways it is the mysterious that strengthens us at such times. I used to try to offer people certainty in times that were not at all certain and could not be made certain. I now just offer my companionship and share my sense of mystery, of the possible, of wonder. After twenty years of working with people with cancer, I find it possible to neither doubt nor accept the unprovable but simply to remain open and wait. I accept that I may never know where truth lies in such matters. The most important questions don't seem to have ready answers. But the questions themselves have a healing power when they are shared. An answer is an invitation to stop thinking about something, to stop wondering. Life has no such stopping places, life is a process whose every event is connected to the moment that just went by. An unanswered question is a fine traveling companion. It sharpens your eye for the road.”",
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                        "text": "This writer, who is horribly perspicacious and vigorous, demonstrates the certainty of a great European war, and regards it with the peculiar satisfaction excited by such things in a certain order of mind. His phrases about \"dire calamity\" and so on mean nothing; the whole tenor of his writing proves that he represents, and consciously, one of the forces which go to bring war about; his part in the business is a fluent irresponsibility, which casts scorn on all who reluct at the \"inevitable.\" Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event.",
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