Quotes About Uncertainty

The death of God left the angels in a strange position.

The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

My position concerning God is that of an agnostic.

Start out understanding religion by saying everything is possibly wrong... As soon as you do that, you start sliding down an edge which is hard to recover from.

Religions often partake of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

Dogmatism spreads its roots in the fertile soil of uncertainty.

Who knows most, doubts most.

His religion at best is an anxious wish,-like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps.

The whole [of religion] is a riddle, an ænigma, an inexplicable mystery. Doubt, uncertainty, suspence of judgment appear the onlyresult of our most accurate scrutiny, concerning this subject.

Science deals in evidence and uncertainty. Religion deals in certainty without evidence.

Religion struck me so vague a thing at best, that I could perceive no advantage of any one system over any other.

Randomness scares people. Religion is a way to explain randomness.

Of religion I know nothing -- at least, in its favor.

I would have far more fear of being mistaken, and of finding that the Christian religion was true, than of not being mistaken in believing it true.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us and I for one must be content to remain agnostic.

As for a future life every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague possibilities.

If only God would give me a clear sign like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

If I could only see one miracle just one miracle. Like a burning bush or the seas part or my uncle Sasha pick up a check.

The world's shortest sermon: "When in doubt... don't!"

His religion at best is an anxious wish - like that of Rebelais a great Perhaps.

An agnostic is a creature that is religiously skeptical whenever it is told that God exists … or that He doesn't.

The American religion-so far as there is one anymore-seems to be doubt. Whoever believes the least wins, because he'll never be found wrong.