Quotes About Certitude

Introducing uncertainty sometimes requires nothing more than letting go of the illusion of certitude. In this shift of perception, we recognize the inherent mystery of our partner.

He who believes needs no explanation.

Even testing a theory and reaching an expected conclusion doesn't really "prove" it in the sense that people think. It only changes the degree of certainty.

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With confidence and the right assumptions, thought Kitty Maule, I dare say you don't need to live on faith at all. As, oddly enough, I do.

No signature, but none was needed.

Faith is what replaces doubt in my dictionary.

I am not as scared about people tearing this one up as I would have been in the past because of the basis in 'knowing' this one has. There are people out there that are hungry for this.

it is the moral state, rather than the intellectual, to which the Spirit of God speaks with the greater certitude.

A testimony is a precious gift of the Spirit, a sign that we have in fact been born again (1 John 5:1). It is a transition from darkness to light, from an aimless and wandering maneuver to a determined, Spirit-guided pursuit. We have put off skepticism and put on a believing heart. We have died as pertaining to cynicism and come alive as pertaining to gospel gladness and optimism. We have put to death the old man of doubt and quickened the new man of assurance and certitude.

That was for damn sure.

It is wrong from beginning to end,' said the Caterpillar decidedly, and there was silence for some minutes.

There is nothing more terrifying than the absoluteness of one who believes he's right.

It's the people who don't worry—those who never have any doubts that what they're doing is good and right—they're the ones that cause the problems.

The only certainties in life are death and taxes.

I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it.

Each certitude is only sure because of the support offered by unexplored ground.—Michel Foucault, The Politics of Truth, 1997

When God breaks in, the only thing you can do is believe it or not. YOu cannot ask for a receipt of the transaction or a sign for the dubious. God does not offer to cover your backside.

Parfois j'ai la certitude Ã¢â'¬â€œ vraiment, sur quoi la fonder, mais aussi pourquoi ne pas le faire, en cherchant bien Ã¢â'¬â€œ que, pour mon bonheur ou mon malheur, je reverrai S., nous ne nous quitterons jamais vraiment.

Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.

Les dieux sont ceux qui ne doutent jamais.

Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.

People are beginning to doubt the moral certitude of people on the right, especially the far right.

The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude.