Certainty Quotes

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Doubt is long-winded. Certainty is brief. — Mason Cooley
{While meditating} I sit quietly and rest in the nature of mind; I don't question or doubt whether I am in the "correct" state or… — Sogyal Rinpoche
There is a call to spiritual perseverance. A call not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately, knowing with certainty that God… — Oswald Chambers
To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing… — John Stuart Mill
He was expressing his certainty that my appeal would be granted, but I was carrying the burden of a sin from which I had to… — Albert Camus
We cannot live on probabilities. The faith in which we can live bravely and die in peace must be a certainty, so far as it… — James Anthony Froude
In the absence of certainty, instinct is all you can follow. — Jonathan Cainer
To tell you the truth, the older I get, the less I know. I keep meeting people, both older and younger, who seem to have… — Hugh Laurie
As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty,… — Bridget Riley
We are born into a vast room whose walls consist of a thousand doors of possibility. Each door is flung open to the world outside,… — Terry Teachout
The certainty of a God giving meaning to life far surpasses in attractiveness the ability to behave badly with impunity. The choice would not be… — Albert Camus
Your imagination is ten times more potent than your willpower. Unleashed, it provides a sense of certainty and tenacious vision that goes far beyond any… — Tony Robbins
When I consider this carefully, I find not a single property which with certainty separates the waking state from the dream. How can you be… — Rene Descartes
The last word always belongs to the audience... that blessed connection... that is a most powerful feeling. One that is worth savouring on dark nights… — Ruth Cracknell
He seemed so certain about everything, didn't he? And yet none of his certainties was worth one hair of a woman's head. He wasn't even… — Albert Camus
Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life-gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. — Oswald Chambers
Only trust in God can transform doubts into certainty, evil into good, night into radiant dawn. — Pope Francis
It seems to me that self confidence and the ability to stand one's ground are essential if we want to succeed in life. I am… — Dalai Lama
Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another's word for it. We need to develop meditation so… — Ajahn Chah
Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion. — Richard Diebenkorn

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