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Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. -
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“I know” seems to describe a state of affairs which guarantees what is known, guarantees it as a fact. One always forgets the expression, “I thought I knew. -
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In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. -
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Properly speaking, there is no certainty; there are only people who are certain. -
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ROSENCRANTZ: That must be east, then. I think we can assume that. GUILDENSTERN: I’m assuming nothing. ROSENCRANTZ: No, it’s all right. That’s the sun. East. GUILDENSTERN (looks up): Where? ROSENCRANTZ... -
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers. -
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Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not willingness to know, but willingness to DO (obey) God's will that brings certainty. -
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I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. -
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By misinterpreting the Enlightenment and the corresponding rise of empiricism as an existential threat to Christian faith, many frightened Christians sequestered themselves into rooms of certitude. -
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People...think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross...You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don’t expect faith to clea... -
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Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. -
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Most Christians can deal with inevitable doubts as long as there is room for doubt. But when a system is enforced that leaves no room for doubt, benign uncertainties can mutate into faith-destroying m... -
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The reason we need to have our false certainties shaken is so that we may see the possibility of better orders than we have. -
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Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance. -
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Our race would not have gotten far, Had we not learned to bluff it out And look more certain than we are Of what our motion is about. -
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’Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. -
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He who believes his doctrine to be perfectly right and true has only to lift his hands and touch his ears and discover they are the long furry ears of a donkey.
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