#certainties

The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#built #certainties #comprehend #dead #novel

Religion deals in certainties and philosophy deals more in un-answered questions. ↗

— Steve Hackett

#deals #more #philosophy #questions #religion

In crises, the old is dying and the new has not been born. Hence, the revolts we are witnessing in Egypt and Tunisia, which may yet extend to other countries in the region, are full of uncertainties. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

#born #countries #crises #dying #egypt

It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#cold #despite #everything #few #guaranteed

The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable. You either decide to be part of that transition to do something different. Or you cling to old certainties. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#architecture #british #certainties #cling #completely

Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties. ↗

— John Dewey

#man #man lives #mystery #surmise #uncertainties

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#certainties #creativity #go #let go #requires

Sometimes the probabilities are very close to certainties, but they're never really certainties. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#close #never #probabilities #really #sometimes

Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness. ↗