Quotes About Certitude

Une solution qui vous démolit vaut mieux que n'importe quelle incertitude

certain of certain certainties.......

Utan tvivel är man inte klok.

If you believe it, Khaldun had said, I could never convince you otherwise. If you do not, nothing I tell you could sway you. I am the one who should be asking you: Is it the truth? No

We have to move forward together into a future that is not at all secure except for our certitude that God's love is constant.

Everyone who doubts knows that he is doubting, so that he is certain of this truth at least, namely the fact that he doubts. Thus every one who doubts whether there is such a thing as truth, knows at least one truth, so that his very capacity to doubt should convince him that there is such a thing as truth.

'Faith' means not wanting to know what is true

Faith: not *wanting* to know what is true.

Kelsier was right again. I wonder if he ever gets tired of that.

There is a horror that sometimes comes with being right.

Is there any certainty like the Truth?

When facts give way to faith, then and only then do you unlock the possibilities within.

Sooner or later you realize there are no answers, no answers except the ones you believe. Sooner or later faith is the only answer left.

We're bound by our desire to be right.

Doubt: How can I know? Truth: How can you not?

It is the truth which is always the hardest to believe.

4. Next comes a principle that I've discovered in my own life: "Once you do begin to get clarity, wait to act until you have at least a kernel of inner certitude." Wait to

5. Once there is "a flavor of certitude," says Bede, then "pray for the courage to take action." It's not uncommon for us to get to certitude and then realize that we don't really want to take the action. We're

6. Bede suggests a corollary to #5, and this is a suggestion that both Brian and I really liked: "Let go of the attempt to eliminate risk from these decisions and actions." The presence of a sense of risk is only an indication that you're at an important crossroads. Risk cannot be eliminated, and the attempt to eliminate it will only lead you back to paralysis. In important dharma decisions, we never get to 100 percent certitude.

He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true.

Only a fool demands proof of what he already knows.

promise you that, mister!

It becomes a matter of faith in faith.

Nichts wird so fest geglaubt wie das, was wir am wenigsten wissen.