The greatest threat to civility - and ultimately civilization - is an excess of certitude. The world is much menaced just now… — George Will Copy Share Image
Faith is not a question of basking in the certainty that there is a God and that God is taking care of… — Ronald Rolheiser Copy Share Image
I think we may very well, in many areas, get likelihood, but not certitude. We don't want certitude anyway, do we? — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
Faith is certitude without proofs ... Faith is a sentiment, for it is a hope; it is an instinct, for it precedes… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Most of the ugly wars in history have been wars of religion. And there's nothing more dangerous than someone with religious certitude… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work -- hard work.… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
The moral certitude of the state in wartime is a kind of fundamentalism. And this dangerous messianic brand of religion, one where… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Work to perfect the mind. There is no certitude but in what the mind conceives. — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
“If anyone doesn't agree with you, the truth is on your side.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The leader personifies the certitude of the creed and the defiance and grandeur of power. He articulates and justifies the resentment damned… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
...any belief in supernatural creators, rulers, or influencers of natural or human process introduces an irreparable split into the universe, and prevents… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
YESTERDAY, n. The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Mature psychological health cannot exist unless we are capable of doubting any form of conceptual certitude about ourselves or anything else. — Richard Moss Copy Share Image
