Quotes About Certainty

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laughed aloud. "Don't worry, Mr. Moroni. It's as safe as an automobile.

To believe in God is not to affirm His existence. To believe in God means to trust God, to rely on God to be there for you when you are afflicted by despair, to light your path when you are uncertain as to what to do.

believe in God is not to affirm His existence. To believe in God means to trust God, to rely on God to be there for you when you are afflicted by despair, to light your path when you are uncertain as to what to do.

I referred to the innate human need for what psychologist Arie Kruglanski was the first to label "cognitive closure," which he defined as "the individual's need for a firm answer to a question and aversion to ambiguity."[ 3]

What is it that sometimes speaks in the soul so calmly, so clearly, that its earthly time is short? Is it the secret instinct of decaying nature, or the soul's impulsive throb, as immortality draws on? Be what it may, it rested in the heart of Eva, a calm, sweet, prophetic certainty that Heaven was near; calm as the light of sunset, sweet as the bright stillness of autumn, there her little heart reposed, only troubled by sorrow for those who loved her so dearly.

We do not believe in immortality because we can prove it, but we try to prove it because we cannot help believing it.

De eeuwige rust komt toch wel – daar hoef ik geen voorschot op te nemen.

Once a decision was made, I did not worry about it afterward.

Once a decision was made, I didn't worry about it afterward...

Veritas, truth

God laughs, it seems, because God knows how it all turns out in the end.

Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me, they don't, or they wouldn't have to say they did.

Belief is of four kinds. The first kind is a belief accepted because it is believed by all. The second is a belief accepted because it is believed by someone in whom the believer trusts. The third belief is the belief that reason helps one to believe. The fourth belief is conviction, of which one is as sure as if one were an eyewitness

Mit jedem Schritt hin zur Erkenntnis der Wahrheit, fühlt man sich selbstsicherer. Je mehr Zweifel überwunden werden, und je mehr das Selbstvertrauen wächst, desto stärker wird der eigene Wille; und je näher man zur Wahrheit gelangt, desto mehr Licht wird man sehen. Was ist dieses Licht? Es ist das Licht der Selbst-Verwirklichung. (S. 57)

Blind faith isn't always a good thing.

Faith is belief in the unseen. If you have any kind of faith, you already believe in the unseen.

You don't have to have clarity," he said, "to take a clear position.

Science makes everything so official-sounding, and so tidy. Unlike real life, which is often a mess.

To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see. It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God's approval.

Later, much later, she said the same, that it was love pre first site, that she'd walked around that whole morning and afternoon somehow knowing that this would be the last first date of her life.

knowing that if she ceased to trust her prescience it would cease to be trustworthy, fought a dreary battle with self-doubt.

When in doubt, reinforce your self-trust.

Belief is the basis of intuitive behavior.