Quotes About Certainty

When I was young I used to think the only certain thing about life was that I should one day die. Now I think the only certain thing about life is that there is no such thing as death.

A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure.

Faith is indeed intellectual; it involves an apprehension of certain things as facts; and vain is the modern effort to divorce faith from knowledge. But although faith is intellectual, it is not only intellectual. You cannot have faith without having knowledge; but you will not have faith if you have only knowledge.

Schmerz ist Wahrheit; alles andere wird angezweifelt.

you told me I could beat him. You promised.

Yeah, well, 'true' isn't a question mark, either," V took a pause.

You have to trust or you're only living half a life.

Religion was a riddle to her. Believe this, and only this, because we say so. If you don't you're buying a one-way ticket to everlasting Hell. Organized religion baffled her, made her vaguely uncomfortable. Each had followers who were so sure they were right, that their way was the only way. And throughout history they'd fought wars and shed oceans of blood to prove it.

And you were going to do that anyway." "I was, yes." He smiled at

A lot of people know they're right, when what they are is wrong. Having doubts keeps you human.

uncomfortable. Each had followers who were so sure they were right, that their way was the only way. And throughout history they'd fought wars and shed oceans of blood to prove it.

But two and two do equal four. Unless you give some strange, special meaning to equal. You can count it off for yourself: one two three four. If two and two really equalled three then everything would collapse into chaos. We would be in another universe, with other physical laws. In the existing universe two and two equal four. It is a universal rule, independent of us, not man-made at all. Even if you and I were to cease to be, two and two would go on equalling four.

El dolor es la verdad, todo lo demás está sujeto a duda.

On the peak of passion, there's no place for doubts.

Pero los números no son así. Los números son un infinito bueno. Y ¿por qué? Pues porque, al ser infinitos en número, llenan todos los espacios del universo, y se apilan unos contra otros como ladrillos. Y así estamos seguros. No hay dónde caer.

Pero entonces –porfía el muchacho alto–, si no es verdad que murió, si no es más que una historia, ¿cómo sabemos que hubo una tormenta? ¿Cómo sabemos que la tormenta no es también una historia? –Porque David acaba de decirlo. El carro, el desierto, la tormenta, todo eso lo dice David.

Indeed, the human mind appeared to suffer from a crippling need to fabricate in the absence of concrete proof.

Trust me, true? V

I bei momenti sono più luminosi perché sono una certezza. E per lo stesso identico motivo, quelli brutti non possono diventare più tragici. Il passato è sicuro perché è indelebile.

reality wasn't interested in anybody's opinion.

sometimes comfort could be found in the predictability of the unpleasant.

strong opinions, weakly held.

I realised either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.

It made me think that everything was about to arrive—the moment when you know all and everything is decided forever.