Quotes About Certainty

Some people have facts; these can be proven. Some people have theories; these can be disproven. But people with opinions are mindless and have their minds made up about it.

You have to test your hypothesis against other theories. Certainty in the face of complex situations is very dangerous.

Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.

I believe that the day one stops being spiritual, one ends up being religious. I live by the adage that the only certainty in life is death. We should, therefore, learn to live for the day and be content.

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.

If I don't know I don't know, I think I know. If I don't know I know, I think I don't know.

There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.

When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.

I have a rule in research: The third time you hear something, it's generally true.

Thirty years on, I am no longer as certain about anything as I was at age 20. I now regret my support for the war in Iraq and kick myself for the naive expectation that freedom was destined to prevail.

I was always the Doubting Thomas of the bunch, and I don't think I was convinced about the Allman Brothers until 'Fillmore East' hit - that one removed all doubt!

I like that by inherently having to make a group decision, you're really thorough. And I have a lot more confidence with a decision going forward if I know it's been thorough.

I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.

No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know.

Belief is thought at rest.

Have faith in your own thoughts.

My thoughts have been the thing I can rely on.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

I want to be two thousand percent sure before I get married. It should last forever.