Quotes About Certainty

Do I know I'm right? Judgements aren't the same as facts. Instinct is not science. I'm like any other human being, as fallible and as capable of being wrong. I only know what I believe.

Certainty is the culprit. The spiritual person knows uncertainty—a state of mind unknown to the religious fanatic.

Don't you ever get tired of believing, Madame? Don't you ever want proof?

You have minds," Bastian murmurs one evening in the refectory, each boy hunching almost imperceptibly farther over his food as the commandant's finger grazes the back of his uniform. "But minds are not to be trusted. Minds are always drifting toward ambiguity, toward questions, when what you really need is certainty. Purpose. Clarity. Do not trust your minds.

Don´t you ever get tired of believing, Madame? Don´t you ever want proof? Madame Manec rests a hand on Marie-Laure's forehead. The thick hand that first reminded her of a gardener's or a geologist's. You must never stop believing. That's the most important thing.

Von Rumpel laughs. He appreciates that they are trying to play the game. But don't they understand that the winner has already been determined? He

You have minds. But minds are not to be trusted. Minds are always drifting toward ambiguity, toward questions, when what you really need is certainty. Purpose. Clarity. Do not trust your minds.

But minds are not to be trusted. Minds are always drifting toward ambiguity, toward questions, when what you really need is certainty. Purpose. Clarity. Do not trust your minds.

Minds are always drifting toward ambiguity, toward questions, when what you really need is certainty. Purpose. Clarity. Do not trust your minds.

You have to trust someone sometime.

Don't you ever get tired of believing, Madame? Don't you ever want proof?" Madame Manec rests a hand on Marie-Laure's forehead. The thick hand that first reminded her of a gardener's or a geologist's. "You must never stop believing. That's the most important thing.

They always seem to be going somewhere and never doubt that it is the right place to be going.

Several do math on their fingers. Then they raise their hands as one. "Can we see it?" "No." "Not even open the first door?" "No." "Have you seen it?" "I have not." "So how do you know it's really there?" "You have to believe the story." "How much is it worth, Monsieur? Could

By then Mkondo had become more than a game; it was the one way she could be certain she was alive.

How do you ever know for certain that you are doing the right thing?

The lie rushes in to fill up the void left by truth in retreat. When people lose their faith in God, for example they do not then believe in nothing.... They commence believing in anything.

Cicero—were relieved that peace and, above all, certainty had returned

Assume the worst, believe no-one, and make your move only when you are certain that you are unbeatable or have, at worst, exceptionally good odds in your favour.

Rudolf was well-nigh convinced that the man had been on his track: he would make certainty surer. The bold game was always his choice and his delight; this trait he shared with Rupert of Hentzau, and hence arose, I think, the strange secret inclination he had for his unscrupulous opponent.

Some things can't be changed. They'll always happen the way they were supposed to.

In a world full of uncertainties, is it not inherently satisfying to come to the last page with every i dotted and every t crossed?

The greatest evil occurs when people, no matter what their aims or their motives, become utterly convinced that they are right.

The greatest evil occurs when people, no matter what their aims or their motives, become utterly convinced that they are right. [Atticus PÅ«nd]

It could have happened like that.' Why did Hawthorne have to sound so unsure when it was perfectly obvious to me?