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Last updated on April 21, 2025.
Even the stoics agree that certainty is very hard to come at; that our assent is worth little, for where is infallibility to be found?
The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.
If the Bible is uniquely and inerrantly inspired, then we have certainty; we may know real truth about God
One certainty when you travel is the moment you arrive in a foreign country, the American dollar will fall like a stone.
Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or the seasons.
That would be the death of anyone - to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn't know that. If it is offered, refuse!
Religion gives you a sense of certainty. It makes you feel that you have the right answers to really big questions and that you've grasped the truth.
It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.
Poetry allows me to write about what I don't know, whereas journalism demands a higher level of certainty to be worthy of being written.
The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.
Moral certainty, clear standards, and a commitment to spiritual ideals will set you apart in a world that searches for meaning.
The press and the public like certainty and affirmation of popular biases. But real science thrives on the capacity for doubt.
If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and stability of science.
Once you get it into your head that somebody is controlling events, you can interpret everything in that light and find no reasonable certainty anywhere.
All great discoveries...are products as much of doubt as of certainty, and the two in opposition clear the air for marvelous accidents.
Terrorism is based on two major pillars: One is injustice, and the other is a certainty of attitude, the notion that their version of the story is the correct one.
We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations.
Religion seems to have always offered us that false duality ... the silences of infinite space or the cozy comfort of inner certainty.
In their leaders, advisers, and experts, people much prefer overconfidence, total certainty, to any kind of doubt.
There has to be certainty and there has to be clarity. There can't be ambiguity, .. This has to be certain, clear in all respects from all the parties so nobody is in any doubt about what the future holds.
Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.
The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
Farmers and ranchers need long-term certainty about who they will be able to sell to and under what terms.
Even if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty.
Only trust in God can transform doubts into certainty, evil into good, night into radiant dawn.
CREDIT supposes specific and permanent funds for the punctual payment of interest, with a moral certainty of a final redemption of the principal.
Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral.
The fictive is an emormous territory it turns out, its boundaries vague, and there is little certainty about where it begins and ends.
The judgements about the severity of the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of a mass destruction - WMD - were presented with a certainty that was not justified.
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.
Real dialogue is where two or more people become willing to suspend their certainty in each other's presence.
In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, and never again, no matter how many lifetimes you live.
Not all is certainty in our world, Karigan. If it were there'd be no opportunity for faith; and then it would be a very dull existence.
We must always remember that all medical interventions have risk, and very little can be asserted with 100 percent certainty.
Religion gives you a sense of certainty. It makes you feel that you have the right answers to really big questions and that youve grasped the truth.
The problem with certainty is that it is static; it can do little but endlessly reassert itself. Uncertainty, by contrast, is full of unknowns, possibilities, and risks.
Every single person who is a member of our party deserves to have certainty. They deserve to know that my attention and focus is where it belongs.
Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus. There have to be four walls and the certainty that the telephone will not ring. That's what writing is all about.
Statistics were magic like this: they could tell you with near-certainty that a thing would occur, without a hint of when or where.
Only years of practice will teach you the mysteries and bold certainty of a real gardener, who treads at random, yet tramples on nothing.
I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same place.
When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you're not going to get something. I was very rough around the edges.
Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.
You’re optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in the end it does.
The problem with certainty is that sometimes it can sound cold and heartless, although it is the most compassionate and supportive answer.
Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory? Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty.
My God, how badly one calculates in this world! ... Let us leave off calculating on anything but death -- it is the only certainty.
Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
You have to test your hypothesis against other theories. Certainty in the face of complex situations is very dangerous.
Nevertheless, the consuming hunger of the uncritical mind for what it imagines to be certainty or finality impels it to feast upon shadows in the prevailing famine of substance.
The only certainty is that we never know what tomorrow holds. We live for today, life is short, so let's enjoy it together while we can.
The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.
Our discussions of the economy may sometimes ring in the ears of the public with more certainty than is appropriate.
Men and governments must act to the best of their ability. There is no such thing as absolute certainty but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.
The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It's simply impossible.
I'm a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black,...an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive.
Grace cannot prevail...until our lifelong certainty that someone is keeping score has run out of steam and collapsed.
Only one absolute certainty is possible to man, namely that at any given moment the feeling which he has exists.
We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and our allies.
