Quotes About Certainty

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

Sure as the most certain sure, plumb in the uprights, well entretied, braced in the beams, Stout as a horse, affectionate, haughty, electrical, I and this mystery here we stand.

Hurrah for positive science! long live exact demonstration!

Here is the test of wisdom, Wisdom is not finally tested in schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof, Applies to all stages and objects and qualities and is content, Is the certainty of the reality and immortality of things, and the excellence of things; Something there is in the float of the sight of things that provokes it out of the soul.

Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.

fifty-fifty on believing

There is no real reason—other than either a metaphysical faith or a habit ingrained in the mind—to believe that nature must operate with absolute certainty. It is just as reasonable, though perhaps less satisfying, to believe that some things simply happen by chance. Certainly, there was mounting evidence that on the subatomic level this was the case.

What distinguishes knowledge is not certainty but evidence.

epistemological

I couldn't see why it shouldn't be my one hundred dollars.

you can only have faith that what you are doing is the right thing.

Truth is absolute and for all time. But one man cannot envisage all of truth; the best he can do is see one aspect of it whole. That is why I say to you, be a skeptic, Hodge. Always be the skeptic.

I would rather be certain of a good result than hopeful of a great one.

No one knows enough to be a pessimist

Banish doubt. When doubt is banished, abundance flourishes and anything is possible.

Infinite patience produces immediate results." It sounds like a paradox, doesn't it? Infinite patience implies an absolute certainty that what you'd like to manifest will indeed show up, in perfect order, and exactly on time. The immediate result you receive from this inner knowing is a sense of peace. When you detach from the outcome, you're at peace, and you'll ultimately see the fruits of your convictions.

Whatever you believe, you will find that you are correct.

does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so? He replied, 'All poets believe that it does. And in ages of imagination, this firm persuasion removed mountains; But many are not capable of a firm persuasion of anything.'" — from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake

Let go of wondering about doing the right thing.

Mark Twain: "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble; it's what you know for sure that just ain't so.

Quienes están seguros del resultado pueden permitirse esperar, sin ansiedad».

I'll see it when I believe it.

The point is that your outer self-concept comprises essentially everything that you believe your body is capable or incapable of. Given a true/false test on yourself, you'd be able to say with certainty, Yes, these things are true about me. They are the beliefs—the ingredients—that you use to create you.