Certainty Quotes - Page 5
I act with complete certainty. But this certainty is my own.
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1969). “On Certainty”
Kathy Reichs (2006). “Break No Bones: A Novel”, p.99, Simon and Schuster
Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe (1859). “The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: With Copious Notes and Additions and a Memoir of the Author”, p.57
There are few things reason can discover with so much certainty and ease as its own insufficiency.
Jeremy COLLIER (the Nonjuror.), J. E. (1838). “Pearls of Great Price: or, Maxims, reflections, characters and thoughts, on miscellaneous subjects ... Selected from the works of the Rev. Jeremy Collier by the editor of “Sir William Jones's Discourses,” etc. [The editor's preface signed: J. E., i.e. James Elmes.]”, p.105
James Thurber (1990). “Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself”
"Amiel's journal; the Journal intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel", (p. 368), 1890.
Until I know this sure uncertainty, I'll entertain the offered fallacy.
William Shakespeare (2016). “The Comedy of Errors: Third Series”, p.192, Bloomsbury Publishing
Stephen Hawking (2009). “A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes”, p.150, Random House
How is it that one rails against that which is nearly a certainty?
Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, p.151, Conari Press
Faith doesn't reduce uncertainty. Faith embraces uncertainty.
Mark Batterson (2008). “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars”, p.89, Multnomah
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Emperor of Rome.), Alice Zimmern (189?). “Meditations”
Isaac Asimov (2012). “Foundation's Edge”, p.229, Spectra
"Naked Emperors : Essays of a Taboo-Stalker". Book by Garrett Hardin, 1982.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1989). “On the Genealogy of Morals”, Vintage
Elizabeth Bibesco (1951). “Haven: Short Stories, Poems, and Aphorisms”