Quotes About Certainty

men cannot do without dogmatical belief;

I believe,' he thought. 'I have faith.' He jaunted again and failed again. 'Faith in what?' he asked himself, adrift in limbo. 'Faith in faith,' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief.

Faith in faith," he answered himself. "It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief.

No es necesario tener nada en qué creer. Basta con creer que en algún sitio hay algo digno de creer en ello.

Christ is never in haste: least of all, on His errands of love. And He is never in haste, because He is always sure.

What is meant to be is bound to happen, whether or not you approve.

Margaret thought of all she knew for certain, that day would always follow night that love was never wasted nor was it lost.

Know what you want, and be sure of it, for regret gives birth to more regret and nothing more.

odds don't matter. The natural world defies statistics.

There he is, in the fading light, certain of what he wants, certain of her. If Gillian were speaking to her sister, or more correctly, if Sally were speaking to her, Gillian would draw her over to the window to get a look. Isn't he beautiful? That's what she would have said if she and Sally had been talking. I wish I deserved him, she would have whispered into her sister's ear.

She has never told anyone, but she knew as soon as she saw him that she'd marry Ivan. It was less love at first sight than some deep knowledge that he was the man she would someday fall in love with.

Keep the light out, have faith, trust in what you feel, not in what you see. Leave the matches at home. Leave it be.

People who think you can't will certain things into being with the power of your pride are fools, plain as that.

It seems so much the truth it is the truth; it's what I believe.

You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your intelligence and maybe in spite of it, you never seem to need a second opinion.

Having made what you know to be the correct decision, NEVER EVER question that decision.

I've noticed that whenever institutions claim to be confident of anything it means the complete opposite.

He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.

Cartesian,adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, Cogito ergo sum- whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus: Cogito cogito ergo sum- 'I think I think, therefore I think that I am'; as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.

AUTHENTIC, adj. Indubitably true — in somebody's opinion.

CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, Cogito ergo sum—whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus: Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum— I think that I think, therefore I think that I am; as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.

Definition of positive- ´wrong at the top of your lungs´

How easily they spoke of love. And yet, when she'd needed the certainty of his feeling for her, he'd let her slip away, never able to bring himself to tell her about the ways in which he'd been changed. He'd been incapable he'd let Nenebah believe the problem lay with her.

Absolutes are never to be trusted.