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...

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

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

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

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!

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

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 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.

In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live.

In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live.

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.