Quotes About Certainty

Optimismus ist nur ein Mangel an Information.

They had something, that generation, he thought. They didn't doubt themselves. They knew what life was, and where they belonged in it. Not like us.

Dad was alive. I believed Conor, but I still didn't really know it. But now I do.

The man was staring directly at him now, a curious expression on his face, half smiling, half quizzical. Instantly Eager had a sense of certainty far deeper than anything he had experienced so far. "I have it too!" he exclaimed. "I am a part of this Earth, aren't I? Just like the birds and the trees and the people - I am." "Om." said his companion. Unseen by them, a blossom fell.

Miri and I conferred and decided that we liked the tallness of the house, the way the walls shoot up and up with the certainty of stone

She wants to know how it feels to be absolutely sure that you haven't done anything wrong. She's not intimidated either—she doesn't believe for a second that these people aren't tryhards just like her. They're tryhards who succeed, that's all. Their striving is never past tense; it's merely concealed.

He held me so tightly that numbness stretched all the way down my arms and only let go a few minutes after he did. It wasn't as nice a feeling as the flag around my shoulders. But I felt more certain of it because it lasted longer.

Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait, and wait without anxiety.

La verdad es inalterable, eterna e inequívoca. Es

3 El ego es un intento de la mente errada para que te percibas a ti mismo tal como deseas ser, en vez de como realmente eres. 4 Sin embargo, sólo te puedes conocer a ti mismo como realmente eres, ya que de eso es de lo único que puedes estar seguro. 5 Todo lo demás es cuestionable.

Tal vez sea cierto, o tal vez no. Porque ahora, al mirar a mi alrededor en la alfombra, siento una certeza: está aquí.

Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything.

The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.

Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not yet the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself, until you hear nothing but a clear and undivided voice, a voice which does away with doubt and brings with it persuasion, light and serenity.

If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.

A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end.

There have been times when the church seemed afraid, but she is no longer. Analyze, dissect, use your microscope or your spectrum till the last atom of matter is reached; reflect and refine till the last element of thought is made clear; the church now knows with the certainty of science what she once knew only by the certainty of faith, that you will find enthroned behind all thought and matter only one central idea--that idea which the church has never ceased to embody--I AM!

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

I've made a picture of the world. It may be right. It may be wrong. But for me it is very real ...

I can say that I am certain that God is just as real as anybody I know, and that he likes me. And that he likes you too.

I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible.