There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that read more

There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will experience hardship and stress at some point.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions

Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions

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 absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I read more

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me.

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.

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.

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!