Best 310 quotes in «certainty quotes» category

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer

I have teken refuge in the doctrine that advises one not to seek tranquility in certainty but in permanently suspended judgement.

I have no talent for certainty.

In a world of moral certainty, the unthinkable becomes permissible.

I imagine having that sixth sense, the certainty that what I'm looking for is within reach, even if it's still hidden.

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty.

I'm opposed to censure, .. Whether or not one will be permitted, it's under discussion. It isn't ruled out, but it's not a dead-bang certainty either.

Infinity is a fathomless gulf, into which all things vanish.

Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise.

I put heavy weight on certainty. It's not risky to buy securities at a fraction of what they're worth.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

In this quest to seek and find God in all things, there is still an area of uncertainty. There must be. If a person says that he met God with total certainty and is not touched by a margin of uncertainty, then this is not good.

In my life, the only certainty is to be uncertain. I'm an unbeliever who believes in skepticism. I'm only sure about being unsure.

In what concerns divine things, belief is not appropriate. Only certainty will do. Anything less than certainty is unworthy of God.

I remembered standing in the middle of the street in front of The Crooked Bookshelf, filled with the certainty of a future. I had heard the wolves howling behind the house and remembered how glad I had been to be human.

I shall not mingle conjectures with certainties.

Knowledge breeds doubt, not certainty, And the more we know the more uncertain we become.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

It is not certain that everything is uncertain.

It is the essence of certainty to be established only with reservations.

I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.

Is there any evidence to the contrary? I don't need certainty in order to act on a well-founded suspicion.

it is the certainty of being punished and not the horrifying spectacle of public punishment that must discourage crime

It is wise to be sure, but otherwise to be too sure.

I will repeat a technique until it is mastered, no matter when that will be. One certainty though: it will be.

Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise.

Life is ever evolving. The only certainty is change.

Maybe that's what is means to be human . . . forever questioning our certainties.

Logic is the foundation of the certainty of all the knowledge we acquire.

Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty.

Living by faith isn't living with certainty. It's trusting God in spite of unanswered questions and unresolved doubts.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but certainty.

Maybe under all that guilt and certainty that he couldn't love again, he still wanted me. I would have liked to have found out. But I didn't have the time. Instead, I punched him.

Moral certainty is intellectual immorality

Moral certainty is never more than probability.

Never thought I'd see the day when Death was denied. That leaves taxes as the only certainty.

Neither the intensity of your feelings nor the certainty of your convictions is any assurance that you are right.

No great deed, private or public, has ever been undertaken in a bliss of certainty.

Nobody knows anything...... Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one.

Nothing lasts forever but the certainty of change

No one can forecast the economy with certainty.

Not doubt, certainty is what drives one insane.

Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man.

Not only can no one predict the future, we don't understand the present - and there isn't even any certainty about the past.

One can acquire certainty only by amputating inquiry.

Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not willingness to know, but willingness to DO (obey) God's will that brings certainty.

One certainty we all accept is the condition of being uncertain and insecure.

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.

Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.

One of the odd things about being a writer is that you never reach a point of certainty, a point of mastery where you can say, Right. Now I understand how this is done.