Certainty Quotes

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There are no means of attaining faith and certainty except through the Qur'an. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Faith does not rely on knowing anything with certainty. It requires only the courage to accept that whatever happens is for the highest good. — Dan Millman
I am a product [...of] endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of them.... I had… — C.S. Lewis
Our best built certainties are but sand-houses and subject to damage from any wind of doubt that blows — Mark Twain
I know the exact date that I began writing Twilight, because it was also the first day of swim lessons for my kids. So I… — Stephenie Meyer
...the reason for [this age's] anxiety and unrest is because in one direction, 'truth' increases in scope and quantity - via science and technology -… — Soren Kierkegaard
We should feel with our whole heart that we have no one to rely on except God, and that from Him, and Him alone can… — Lorenzo Scupoli
It is some fundamental certainty which a noble soul has about itself, something which is not to be sought, is not to be found, and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Certainty is the enemy of change. — Salvador Minuchin
The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty. — Abigail Van Buren
Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only awe. — Julian Jaynes
Learning emerges from discovery, not directives; reflection, not rules; possibilities, not prescriptions; diversity, not dogma; creativity and curiosity, not conformity and certainty; and meaning, not… — Stephanie Pace Marshall
To go on and on about your soul is to miss the whole point of life. I could say that with more certainty if I… — Sheila Heti
If I've learned anything, it's really just to stop trying to find answers and certainties. — Emma Watson
When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you're not going to get something. I… — Terence Stamp
The people who must never have power are the humorless. To impossible certainties of rectitude they ally tedium and uniformity — Christopher Hitchens
The underlying aim of practice . .is to create certainty through the development of high-quality listening. — Howard Snell
Certainty is no guarantor of correctness. — Margaret Heffernan
The is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But… — Winston Churchill
One of the odd things about being a writer is that you never reach a point of certainty, a point of mastery where you can… — Jenny Offill

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