Certitude Quote by Robert Anton Wilson

“We need to be wary of the need for certainty. Seeking certitude can cause our beliefs and decision making to crystallize prematurely, and the…

— Todd Kashdan

Existential anxiety of doubt drives the person toward the creation of certitude of systems of meaning, which are supported by tradition and authority. Neurotic…

— Paul Tillich

For every gain in deep certitude there is a corresponding growth of superficial "doubt." This doubt is by no means opposed to genuine faith,…

— Thomas Merton

“Doubt with regard to what we ought to know is a condition too violent for the human mind; it cannot long be endured; in…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul.

— Paulo Coelho

“Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inexpressible certitude…

— Thomas Merton

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

— Thomas Jefferson

The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is…

— Voltaire

The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than…

— John Lancaster Spalding

“When we allow ourselves to become culturally conditioned to believe that we are not enough and that we don’t make enough or have enough,…

— Brené Brown

Every man hath the right to doubt his task, and to forsake it from time to time; but what he must not do is…

— Paulo Coelho

The majority of mankind is lazyminded, incurious, absorbed in vanities, and tepid in emotion, and is therefore incapable of either much doubt or much…

— T. S. Eliot