Quotes About Certainty

Though faith is not illogical, it trusts God even when it cannot fully make sense of all the data at hand.

Only irrational fools would consistently and practically deny that 2 + 2 = 4. Not only is the answer to this equation a part of common sense, it is easily demonstrable and highly useful.

Yes, the knowledge of God is an inherent belief.[5.9] Inwardly, we all know this to be true.

All truth must be built on the knowledge of God, or, as we shall see, there is no ground for knowledge at all.

The best thing about science is that hard, empirical answers are always there if you look hard enough. The best thing about religion is that the very absence of that certainty is what requires - and gives rise to - deep feelings of faith.

When you are confronted with challenges that are difficult to conquer or you have questions arise, the answers to which you do not know, hold fast to the things you do know. Hang on to your firmest foundation, however limited that may be, and from that position of strength face the unknown.

Our children take their flight into the future with our thrust and with our aim. And even as we anxiously watch that arrow in flight and know all the evils that can deflect its course after is has left our hand, nevertheless we take courage in remembering that the most important factor in determining that arrow's destination will be the stability, strength, and unwavering certainty of the holder of the bow.

Hold fast to what you already know and stand strong until additional knowledge comes. You have more faith than you think you do.

An dem Ort, an dem wir recht haben, werden niemals Blumen wachsen im Frühjahr. Der Ort, an dem wir recht haben, ist zertrampelt und hart wie ein Hof.

If God is really at the center of things and God's good future is the most certain reality, then the truly realistic course of action is to buck the dominant consequentialist ethic of our age - which says that we should act only if our action will most likely bring about good consequences - and simply, because we are people who embody the virtue of hope, do the right thing.

Decisions are not up for negotiation.

Sie müssen sowohl an Dinge glauben, die Sie nicht sehen können, als auch an Dinge, die Ihrer Meinung nach bewiesenermaßen unmöglich sind.

If you've made a backup plan, you haven't made a decision.

How can I be sure who's real and who isn't?

But she does not believe in God. And she breaks all her promises.

Believe that you can make your way. Or don't. Either way, you are right.

As sure as the seabirds in flight, As sure as the endless deep blue, My love is as certain as sunrise. I vow it will keep us both true.

That's not the question, Isabelle," he said softly. "The question is, why do you believe them?

That's factually crazy...

Do you trust him?" She hesitates. "Yes and no." "That means no. Trust is all or nothing.

One thing was certain: Rose had been wrong about the world becoming small again. Or at least it would not be the same small world it had been. Too much had changed. And amid those shifts and realignments, Anna had slipped through a crack and escaped.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

I'm not telling you what to do, I'm just telling you what you're going to do. There's a difference.

This was a different Eve. Gone were the layers of self-protection, the vulnerability, the raw emotion—all of it. "You helped Blake abduct Toby, didn't you?" I said, certainty washing over me like a wave of heat. "I wouldn't have had to," Eve replied, her tone smooth and hard, "if Toby had opened up. If he'd just agreed to bring me here. But he wouldn't.