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!

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.

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.

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.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

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.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

In essence we have become addicted to the certainty, sureness or sense of security that our faith provides

In essence we have become addicted to the certainty, sureness or sense of security that our faith provides

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...