Quotes About Certainty

The truth is nothing more than something that you can prove happened.

She's perfect for our purposes, Urich." "There's no doubt of that in my mind, Raven," he asserted in fluid English,

Wir dürfen wissen, daß Gott weiß, was wir bedürfen, ehe wir darum bitten. Das gibt unserem Gebet größte Zuversicht und fröhliche Gewißheit.

What, after all, did the word 'faith' connote, except a willing blindness to the lack of actual proof?

Having become a citizen of two worlds, the individual must act accordingly. There can be no backsliding, because the individual must reach a state of certainty before this enlightenment is given that makes it utterly and completely impossible to backslide. He cannot 'get it' and then fail and turn from it. If he turns from it, it means he never had it. If he fails, he fails himself. He cannot fail the infinite.

Those who suppose they have found truth are called Dogmatists; those who think it incomprehensible are the Academics; those who still seek are the Skeptics

L'angoixava la certesa monstruosa que eren feliços sobre una muntanya de cadàvers.

Thus what strikes me today is less the partly illusory, subjective nature of the impression of general euphoria that I felt in that period than the certainty that it is gone forever.

Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge.

Ce n'est pas facile de faire du doute son métier. On se brûle vite à côtoyer l'essentiel, et j'imagine qu'on se sent tellement soulagé quand on y renonce. Mais en refusant le doute, on est certain de se priver de la vérité.

Quando procuramos no infinitamente grande um ponto infinitamente pequeno, uma fonte de luz por mais afastada que seja, quando esperamos a chegada de um som vindo do fundo do universo há apenas uma coisa de que temos a certeza absoluta: a nossa vontade de descobrir.

but the loss of a memory, like the omission of a phrase during reading, rather than making for uncertainty, can lead to a premature certainty.

I fatti non penetrano nel mondo in cui vivono le nostre convinzioni, non le hanno create e non possono distruggerle. Possono infliggere loro continue smentite senza appannarle.

The satisfaction an imbecile derives from having right on his side and being certain of success is especially irritating.

Let none henceforth seek needless cause to approve the Faith they owe; when earnestly they seek such proof, conclude, they then begin to faile.

There is reason for optimism when one moves from ignorance to understanding but no guarantees.

The appearance of an angel from heaven could add nothing to the certainty of the declarations he has already put into our hands.

This breakage within us is what makes us human and vulnerable. There is nothing more sinister than someone whose mind seems to be an absolute circle; there is a helpless coldness and a deadly certainty about such a presence.

Not knowing doesn't mandate anxiety; rather, it instills confidence, and confidence is crucial to good performance.

Welcome to the human race. It is somehow essential to human life as God has ordained it that we can know the final score of yesterday but not tomorrow. It doesn't mean we're condemned to anxiety. It does mean this: If you're looking for certainty, you've chosen the wrong species. You can walk by faith, but not by sight; not down here.

The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.

Theologian Lesslie Newbigin writes that we live in an age that favors doubt over faith.4 We often speak of "blind faith" and "honest doubt.

I think that certainty is a closed door, It's the end of the conversation. Doubt is an open door.

John Patrick Shanley