Certainty Quotes

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In teaching there can be too much emphasis on certainty and a proper appreciation of uncertainty is to be encouraged. — Dennis Lindley
There have been times when the church seemed afraid, but she is no longer. Analyze, dissect, use your microscope or your spectrum till the last… — Henry Adams
The problem with certainty is that sometimes it can sound cold and heartless, although it is the most compassionate and supportive answer. — Yehuda Berg
Could I have made mistakes? One does not build cities if one is guided by doubt. But can one govern in absolute certainty? I know… — Andrew Ryan
A man can reach into anything and turn it to his cause. It's not want, or desire, just certainty. Only be assured that whatever you… — Mark Lawrence
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… — George Gissing
Even the stoics agree that certainty is very hard to come at; that our assent is worth little, for where is infallibility to be found? — Marcus Aurelius
I should say that, in addition to my tree - love (it was originally called The Tree), it arose from my own pre-occupation with the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I don't apologize for my behavior anymore. Whatever I do or don't do shouldn't matter. Moral certainty is dangerous. Moral certainty is what makes people… — Steve Coogan
If one has the answers to all the questions - that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is… — Pope Francis
I have a dogmatic certainty: God is in every person's life. God is in everyone's life. Even if the life of a person has been… — Pope Francis
In this quest to seek and find God in all things, there is still an area of uncertainty. There must be. If a person says… — Pope Francis
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. — Erich Fromm
The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers. — Erich Fromm
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. — Khalil Gibran
Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement,… — Elizabeth Gilbert
And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no… — William Gibson
To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education. — William Glasser
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. — Vincent Van Gogh
When we are not sure, we are alive. — Graham Greene

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