Quotes about Certitude

A faith; this is a necessity for man. Woe to him who believes nothing.

we have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its roots in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone and we are not alone when we imitate. It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay.

I don't have to have faith, I have experience.

I had escaped the snare of certitude that I welcomed so avidly at first and entered, via the name of Jesus, the wide and comprehensive company of Jesus.

There is faith in every serious doubt, namely, the faith in the truth as such, even if the only truth we can express is our lack of truth.

No one will ever convince me that the word of God is not true.

For the mind of faith, a promised act of God is as good as done.

Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all.

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.

Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?

Faith is nothing other than the certitude that God speaks truth.

When all is said and done, the one sole condition that makes spiritual happiness and preserves it is the absence of doubt.