Certain Quote by Eric Hoffer Download Open image “We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.” — Eric Hoffer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Certain
To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only thing we can be certain of in this life is that we can be certain of nothing. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is only one thing about which I am certain, and this is that there is very little about which one can be certain — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain. — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
I dont think that we're meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We can understand almost anything, but we can't understand how we understand. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
When a possibility is unfamiliar to us, we do not even think about it. — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
I love being certain. I mean I really love being certain.The only thing certain in life is uncertainty. Yet, I was taught not to… — Kumar Anupam Copy Share Image
As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
It is also plausible that those movements with the greatest inner contradiction and between profession and practice - that is to say with a… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes--courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, etc.--can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion alone stands… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. The impression somehow prevails that the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
A nation without dregs and malcontents, is orderly, decent, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right. — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
I started out dancing on a reality TV show, but always with the intention of making my way over to film. I transitioned into… — Julianne Hough Copy Share Image
One of the deepest and strangest of all human moods is the mood which will suddenly strike us perhaps in a garden at night,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
Why do we love certain homes, and why do they seem to love us? It is the warmth of our individual hearts reflected in… — T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Copy Share Image
Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
We've all seen talented young players who get to a certain level but there comes a point where that talent will only take you… — Warren Gatland Copy Share Image
