If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin read more

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil read more

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity...

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.

In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.

To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in read more

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.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and read more

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and can never soar.

Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.