Certitude Quotes

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The role of the educator is one of tranquil possession of certitude in regard to the teaching of not only contents but also of 'correct… — Paulo Freire
A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the other. — Andre Gide
In the old days, words like sin and Satan had a moral certitude. Today, they're replaced with self-help jargon, words like dysfunction and antisocial behavior,… — Don Henley
Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep inexpressible certitude of… — Thomas Merton
...any belief in supernatural creators, rulers, or influencers of natural or human process introduces an irreparable split into the universe, and prevents us from grasping… — Julian Huxley
On the other hand, for the whole human being who wills, feels, and represents, external reality is given simultaneously and with as much certitude as… — Wilhelm Dilthey
My own opinion is that belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one… — Robert Anton Wilson
Belief Systems contradict both science and ordinary "common sense." B.S. contradicts science, because it claims certitude and science can never achieve certitude: it can only… — Robert Anton Wilson
The moral certitude of the state in wartime is a kind of fundamentalism. And this dangerous messianic brand of religion, one where self-doubt is minimal,… — Chris Hedges
The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and… — Peter L. Berger
I believe that ideas such as absolute certitude, absolute exactness, final truth, etc. are figments of the imagination which should not be admissible in any… — Max Born
Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only look in one encyclopedia. — Robert Anton Wilson
Paleontologist Niles Eldredge, a prominent evolutionist, said: 'The doubt that has infiltrated the previous, smugly confident certitude of evolutionary biologyâ€™s last twenty years has inflamed… — Niles Eldredge
Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found? — William James
Faith comes to intelligence as a light that overflows it with joy and inspires it with a certitude that does away with question. — Etienne Gilson
There is no other possibility for possessing certitude with regard to one's life apart from self-abandonmen t, in a continuous crescendo, into the hands of… — Pope Benedict XVI
I have concluded the evident existence of God, and that my existence depends entirely on God in all the moments of my life, that I… — Rene Descartes
In the Life of Darwin by his son, there is related an incident of how the great naturalist once studied long as to just what… — Elbert Hubbard
THEOSOPHY, n. An ancient faith having all the certitude of religion and all the mystery of science. — Ambrose Bierce
We now know that human transformation does not happen through didacticism or through excessive certitude, but through the playful entertainment of another scripting of reality… — Walter Brueggemann

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