Quotes About Certainty

one should not regard anything that one accepts as quite certain, but only as probable in a greater or a less degree. Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.

Gran parte de las dificultades por las que atraviesa el mundo se deben a que los ignorantes están completamente seguros y los inteligentes llenos de dudas.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wise people so full of doubts.

The fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure, and the intelligent are full of doubt.

in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wise people so full of doubts.

The demand for certainty is an intellectual vice.

In daily life, we assume as certain many things which, on a closer scrutiny, are found to be so full of apparent contradictions that only a great amount of thought enables us to know what it is that we really may believe.

Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false. To know the truth is more difficult than most men suppose, and to act with ruthless determination in the belief that truth is the monopoly of their party is to invite disaster.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

William James used to preach the "will to believe." For my part, I should wish to preach the "will to doubt." None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: Nunca moriría por mis creencias porque podría estar equivocado (Bertrand Russell)

Marea problem? cu lumea este c? proÈ™tii È™i fanaticii sunt întotdeauna foarte siguri pe ei, în timp ce oamenii mai înÈ›elepÈ›i, sunt plini de dubii.

The fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

The doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. James 1:6–7

Pride lives on the defensive against anyone and anything that tries to subtract from its self-sustained worth. Confidence, on the other hand, is driven by the certainty of God-given identity and the conviction that nothing can take that identity away.

faith unchallenged ordinarily remains unchanged.

Instead, I get to know that a greater yes is in progress, and I can count on the bigger miracle.

TRUST GOD. Plain and simple. Not easy, mind you, but basic and uncomplicated.

Let this matter be settled once and for all. Know that nothing and no one, including you, can sabotage your salvation.

Hebrews 3:19 supplies the one-word explanation: "So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief." Unbelief. Oh, they believed in God. Their oversight was that they simply didn't believe the God they believed in. They talked a good talk, but their walk did nothing but tread sandal tracks in desert circles.

Remember, faith is never the denial of reality. It is belief in a greater reality.