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quotes by topic Certainty

" The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. "

Certainty

" The certainty of our salvation rests on the character of God. "

Character , Certainty , Salvation

" No one knows for sure about the future. But if you feel reluctant to plan something about it, then someone with guts would define it for you. "

Certainty , Brave

" Doubter wants proof which contributes nothing to her faith. "

Certainty

" My peak? Would I even have one? I hardly had had anything you could call a life. A few ripples. some rises and falls. But that's it. Almost nothing. Nothing born of nothing. I'd loved and been loved, but I had nothing to show. It was a singularly plain, featureless landscape. I felt like I was in a video game. A surrogate Pacman, crunching blindly through a labyrinth of dotted lines. The only certainty was my death. "

Haruki Murakami

Death , Certainty

" For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me want to dream. "

Vincent Van Gogh

Certainty

" I mean that if you are not absolutely sure of a thing, it is so difficult to commit yourself to a definite course of action. "

Agatha Christie

Action , Certainty

" The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. "

Bertrand Russell

Doubt , Certainty

Certainty