Certain Quotes - Page 15
Though I have no productive worth, I have a certain value as an indestructible quantity.
Alice James (1934). “Her Brothers Her Journal”
There isn't any fear in existence itself, or any uncertainty, but living creates it.
Yukio Mishima (2010). “The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea”, p.51, Random House
Uncertain justice by a verdict is much better than certain injustice.
"Cases in the King's Bench" (1773), Hilary Term, 13 Geo. III, Lofft. 147 in "The Dictionary of Legal Quotations" by James William Norton-Kyshe, (p. 146), 1904.
Tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous.
Will Durant (1950). “The Age of Faith: A History of Medieval Civilization -Christian, Islamic, and Judaic - from Constantine to Dante: A.D. 325-1300”
Harvard Law Review Natural Law Volume 32, Number 1, November 1918 (p. 40)
Neil Postman (2011). “Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future”, p.124, Vintage
When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.
Mohsin Hamid (2012). “Moth Smoke”, p.9, Penguin