Certitude Quotes

56 quotes by 46 authors

Idiot. Above her head was the only stable point in the cosmos, the only refuge from the damnation of the panta rei, and she guessed… — Umberto Eco
Regardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual weakness… — Simone de Beauvoir
In this game he had acquired a great deal of muddled knowledge, more than one approximation and less than one certitude. And absence of energy,… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
Belief in the traditional sense, or certitude, or dogma, amounts to the grandiose delusion, "My current model" -- or grid, or map, or reality-tunnel --… — Robert Anton Wilson
Courage consists, however, in agreeing to flee rather than live tranquilly and hypocritically in false refuges. Values, morals, homelands, religions, and these private certitudes that… — Gilles Deleuze
Certitude leads to violence. This is a proposition that has an easy application and a difficult one. The easy application is to ideoologues, dogmatists, and… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work -- hard work. And it can… — Jean Vanier
A mystic doesnâ€™t say â€œI believe.â€ They say â€œI know.â€ A true mystic will ironically speak with that self-confidence but at the same time with… — Richard Rohr
...we have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has… — Bruce Lee
The leader personifies the certitude of the creed and the defiance and grandeur of power. He articulates and justifies the resentment damned up in the… — Eric Hoffer
Broaden the tax base, close loopholes and flatten the tax rates - all of which would bring more revenue stability and certitude to projections as… — David Harsanyi
I started putting a wire up in secret and performing without permission. Notre Dame, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the World Trade Center. And I developed… — Philippe Petit
On a very long and very high wire, I will not hope to not be blown off by high winds. I will have the certitude… — Philippe Petit
Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only own one encyclopedia. — Robert Anton Wilson
YESTERDAY, n. The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age. But yesterday I should have thought me blest To stand… — Ambrose Bierce

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