Answers Quote by Bertrand Russell

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

— Bertrand Russell

Certainty is rarely if ever possible and we increase the likelihood of getting things wrong if we succumb to the hunger for it.

— Peter Elbow

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. So long as men are not trained…

— Bertrand Russell

Uncertainty is a quality to be cherished, therefore – if not for it, who would dare to undertake anything?

— Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

Certainty always produces questions, uncertainty statements. It is a balancing law of nature.

— Djuna Barnes

Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility.

— Ellen Langer

Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is an absurd one.

— Voltaire

One certainty we all accept is the condition of being uncertain and insecure.

— Doris Lessing

A lot of people hear me attacking their certainty. I don't have any interest in doing that. I'm interested in penetrating the meaning of…

— John Shelby Spong

The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty.

— Rachel Naomi Remen

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer

— Ajahn Chah