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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...
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.
In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.
In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.
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.
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.
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain read more
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain than others
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.
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.