Quotes of Uncertainty - somelinesforyou

“ Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. ”

- Bertrand Russell

“ When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. ”

- Bertrand Russell

“ No man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune. ”

- Boethius 522

“ I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, "I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here." ”

- Oprah Winfrey

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

- Pliny the Elder

“ The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next. ”

- Ursula K. LeGuin

“ Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. ”

- Voltaire

“ Never doubt that a small group of thoughtfully committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. ”

- Margaret Mead

“ There is no doubt that God has often brought a certain verse to the attention of one of His children in an unusual and almost miraculous manner, for a special need, but the Word was never intended to be consulted in a superstitious manner. ”

- Maxwell S. Coder

“ To teach how to live with uncertainty, yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do. ”

- Bertrand Russell

“ Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom rung. My life is a hesitation before birth. ”

- Franz Kafka

“ I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you and education. ”

- Wilson Mizner

“ Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt. ”

- Jane Addams

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

- Bertrand Russell

“ We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story. ”

- Mary McCarthy

“ Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. ”

- Andre Gide

“ I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means. ”

- Clarence Darrow

“ When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. ”

- Anatole France

“ Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one. ”

- Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire

“ I have no doubt that faith is only pure when it does not negate the faith of another. I have no doubt that evil can be fought and that indifference is no option. I have no doubt that fanaticism is dangerous. And of all the books in the world on life, I have no doubt that the life of one person weighs more than them all. ”

- Elie Wiesel

“ The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without. ”

- Eric Hoffer

“ The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next. ”

- Ursula K. Le Guin

“ He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized. ”

- Frances Ridley Havergal

“ Modest doubt is call'd The beacon of the wise. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing. ”

- Joseph Roux

“ Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. ”

- Albert Schweitzer

“ If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts. But if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties. ”

- Francis Bacon

“ It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt. ”

- Robertson Davies
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