Quotes About Certainty

How many witches are there in the world? Have you ever seen one? Would you know a witch if you saw one? And what would you do if you saw one? For that matter, do you know a cat when you see one? Are you sure?

When a man is certain that he knows God's will, and is resolved to do it regardless of the cost, he is the most dangerous person in the world.

The truth is not arrived at by majority vote.

Never call a meeting until the outcome is a foregone conclusion.

My father used to say: never call a meeting until the outcome is a foregone conclusion.

The greater their ignorance, the stronger their opinions. Georgetown

He was twelve years old, and he sought ringing certainties. He would have to learn slowly, like everyone else.

When a man is certain that he knows God's will, and is resolved to do it regardless of the cost, he is the most dangerous person in the world.

She knew she was not going to sleep, as surely as she knew she was not going to fly out of the window.

Man is certain of nothing but his ability to fail. It is the deepest faith we have, and the unbeliever- the blasphemer, the dissenter- will stimulate in us the most righteous of furies.

It's the truth. Even if it didn't happen.

But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.

To know a thing you have to trust what you know, and all that you know, and as far as you know in whatever direction your knowing drags you.

Besides, there are some things that can't be the truth even if they did happen.

To know a thing you have to trust what you know, and all that you know, and as far as you know in whatever direction your knowing drags you. I once had a pet pine squirrel named Omar who lived in the cotton secret

You can make a mark across the night with the tip of an embered stick, and you can actually see it fixed in its finity. You can be absolutely certain of its treacherous impermanence.

How," the moon whispered, "can you be sure it is lost? Until you try to find it?

But it's the truth even if it didn't happen

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Where doubt is, there faith has no power.

Power without guilt, love without doubt.

It is beyond my power to induce in you a belief in God. There are certain things which are self proved and certain which are not proved at all.

It is the man who is sure of himself who disregards the opinion of the world. To be sure is to have power.

So you see, in the end, it is nearly certain that the power of prediction must triumph over the arrogance of elegance.