Certainty Quote by Philip Pullman

It does take great maturity to understand that the opinion we are arguing for is merely the hypothesis we favor, necessarily imperfect, probably transitory,…

— Milan Kundera

“Just as 'certainty' and 'truth' can exist independently, so can judgment and intellect.”

— Garry Fitchett

Give us that calm certainty of truth, that nearness to Thee, that conviction of the reality of the life to come, which we shall…

— Henry Ward Beecher

“A feeling of subjective certainty does not guarantee irrefutable certainty. It is not the certainty, but the truth in the certainty that makes us…

— G.C. Berkouwer

“We confess knowledge without certainty, truth without objectivity.”

— James K.A. Smith

“The church's ... certainty is bound to certain norms and ... a feeling of subjective certainty does not guarantee irrefutable certainty ... it is…

— G C Berkouwer

People should decide on the books' meanings for themselves. They'll find a story that attacks such things as cruelty, oppression, intolerance, unkindness, narrow-mindedness, and…

— Philip Pullman

The unmistakable lesson is that such is the myopic zealotry of environmentalists like Obama that they would implement policies virtually guaranteed to harm our…

— David Limbaugh

I must say that when I first learned of the existence of the Australian Greenhouse Office, I assumed it was responsible for supplying tomatoes…

— Nick Minchin

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

— Carl Sagan

I believe our techno-zealotry will be moderated by sheer circumstance. We will do what reality compels us to do, not necessarily what our fantasies…

— James Howard Kunstler

“What does it matter to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or…

— Mahatma Gandhi