Any Quote by John Shelby Spong

Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility.

— Ellen Langer

Absolute certainty is a privilege of uneducated minds and fanatics. - It is, for scientific folk, an unattainable ideal.

— Cassius Jackson Keyser

I have devoted my life to uncertainty. Certainty is the death of wisdom, thought, creativity.

— Shekhar Kapur

Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion.

— Richard Diebenkorn

Certainty is the enemy of mankind. If you're certain about everything, you have the Inquisition, you have Nazis and you have - that certainty…

— Anthony Hopkins

What is certainty but the refuge of those whose faith is not strong enough to entertain doubt.

— Robert Breault

What can we say with certainty?

— Voltaire

What I need most of all is certainty.

— Milan Kundera

In my life, the only certainty is to be uncertain. I'm an unbeliever who believes in skepticism. I'm only sure about being unsure.

— Christopher Hitchens

Certainty becomes you.

— Tessa Dare

Certainty is a closing of the mind. To create something new you must have doubt.

— Milton Glaser

Certainty is rarely if ever possible and we increase the likelihood of getting things wrong if we succumb to the hunger for it.

— Peter Elbow