Quotes About Certainty

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

that people so often believe themselves to be right is no proof that they are.

The person of faith cannot accept reason as the arbiter of truth without giving up on faith...

Most men indeed as well as most sects in Religion, think themselves in possession of all truth, and that wherever others differ from them it is so far error.

When it comes to religion, no one knows anything, especially those who claim to know best.

The trustworthiness of science comes not from certainty, but from its very openness about its uncertainty, always calling into question what we currently understand and being prepared to replace that knowledge with a deeper understanding if something better comes along. In other walks of life, this attitude might be regarded as fickle. But not in science. Scientific progress depends on scientists' unwavering commitment to the qualities of honesty and doubt.

When you put your total faith in God, no matter what happens, to a person who's a true believer, if you die, you know you're going to heaven to be with God.

Frazier realized that many suppositions would never be proved. There were possibilities and probabilities and few provabilities.

We like to control the map of our life and know everything well in advance. But faith is content just knowing that God's promise cannot fail. This, in fact, is the excitement of walking with God.

Naive hope is based on wishful thinking, but a hope formed from suffering, perseverance, and character and rooted in faith in God is something else entirely. It is realistic, motivating, and awesome. It helps us see beyond the misery of the immediate to the possible. It is founded on the certainty of the Lord's love and power.

You are not right because people agree with you; you are right because your facts and reasoning are right.

the herd instinct and crowd behavior arise out of our desire to replace uncertainty with certainty

You just have to have a simple faith.

Prophecy gives us the assurance that all the Bible is true.

Certainty closes many doors," he replied. "It leads to dogmatism. Souls accept what they know and stop striving upwards.

He certainly knew that people who are excessively sure that there's only one way and one truth, a truth entirely known to them, are dangerous. . . . To know the truth and try to impose it on others, in a world where every thing changes and is cloaked under all kinds of appearances, is a serious madness.

Don't matter if you believe in them or not. If they're there, they're there,' Mrs. Phipps said.

You have been with your counsel and I have been with mine. Believe me that the counsel of my Lord will be accomplished and will stand, and this counsel of yours will perish.

Can you see Alaska from here?" "No." "But you know it's there, right? And you can't see your heart, but you feel it beat, right? That's what faith is about. We believe in what we can't see. Instead, we look for signs.

In my opinion, questions that are based on something real ought to be settled by something real without all this damned lazy miserable drifting

If they can prove that I am wrong by that time, I will give it up to their wisdom, but not after to any one's judgment, till I see the end of another year for the Lord will begin with a new century and I will see what he will do, before I will hearken to any man's judgment.

I need to know," we tell ourselves. "No," God answers softly, "You need to trust.

I'm with you, Em. Don't doubt that, okay? No matter what happens or what you hear…Promise?

This guy was deader than dead, no question.