Quotes About Certainty

She ate toast in bed, then reread a favorite book, taking comfort from a story where she knew the outcome would be good and just and right.

I had neither proof nor explanation, only that mad inner surety that I suspect is characteristic of all those who hear voices in an empty room, whether those voices be spectral or merely delusional.

He turned and strode out of the square with the brisk arrogance of a man who had never imainged the possibility of his being in the wrong.

They was told it too, perhaps. Does that make it true? Maybe. Maybe not.

She said, 'It's real, isn't it?' Lilian answered after a pause, with a bowed head, in a murmur. 'Yes, it's real. It's the only real thing.

A book may be on any queer subject, but one can at least always be certain how to turn a page and read it.

Faith is the confirmation of things we do not see and the conviction of their reality, perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses.

you trust in Me. Therefore, circumstances

Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses.

We live by faith, not by sight. 2 CORINTHIANS 5 : 7

A faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time. —Titus 1:2

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. —HEBREWS 11:1

TRUST ME in the midst of a messy day.

Most people are not sure about much,' she said. 'But you only really need to be sure about one thing.

Faith is a wondrous thing; it is not only capable of moving mountains, but also of making you believe that a herring is a race horse.

prefer to die not knowing something, rather than live my entire life believing something was so, only to find out later that it wasn't true.

That was what they were so clearly doing here: they were waiting. And not in any suspense, either, not in any anxiety as to the outcome of their vigil. They were waiting with no apparent emotion at all, as one might sit over the course of an evening, watching a candle methodically burn itself into darkness, never less than certain of the outcome, confident that the only thing standing between now and the end of waiting was time itself.

What Roop says is correct. That thermometer hasn't worked in years." Sanger paused, looking around for Hansom before continuing. Not seeing the goatfish, he proceeded confidently, "Actually, I daresay my own studies have found the instrument to be so imprecise that it is my professional opinion that the temperature is just as likely to be going down as to be going up!

We're moving into sudden history now, baby. That life men lead and women disavow, that sure and certain sense that nothing is wrong, that life does not beat or pause, that the universe expands relentlessly. You can feel the source of all the world's light in your beating heart, in the map of your blood, in the vast range and pace of your brain. That's the light, baby. You don't need any other. Just that light beating forever inside you.

Even the most liberal religious scholars will agree on two things: one, the baptism of Jesus happened; and two, the crucifixion was real.

I don't want to believe because I'm crazy. I want to believe because it's true.

Believe everything.

It means, ah, death-love, death-desire. It's hard to translate. It means you have moods where you absolutely want to destroy yourself. Not as some self-pitying idle notion, either. As a certainty!

these things I am certain: you're not calling me to be the fourth member of the Trinity; I'm not the whole body of Christ; you do promise sufficient grace; you will give wisdom to those who ask; and your strength is made perfect in weakness—in my weakness.