401 Quotes About Certainty

Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life– gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, not knowing what tomorrow may bring. This is generally expressed with a sigh of sadness, but it should be an expression of breathless expectation.

Mwenye hakika hafahamu kutokuwa na hakika kwa mwenye hakika.

Though what could anyone really say these days with one hundred percent certainty?

The opposite of faith isn’t doubt. The opposite of faith is certainty.

The reason, as I had learned from my father, is that there is no certainty in death. Because there is no beginning or end, there is no way to measure how long your time.

He argued that every certainty is an empty throne. That those who knew but one path would come to worship it, even as it led to a cliff’s edge. He argued, and in the silence of that ghost’s indifference to his words he came to realize that he himself spoke – fierce with heat – from the foot of an empty throne.

What could Maria call the time that opened ahead of her? The certainty of her hope? This rejuvenated air she was breathing? This incandescence, this bursting of a love at last without object?

Le persone invecchiando acquistavano sicurezza, mentre lui la perdeva, come se la sua fosse unariserva limitata

Nothing is certain but the truth