“All that passes for knowledge can be arranged in a hierarchy of degrees of certainty, with arithmetic and the facts of perception at the top.” KnowsFactsScienceKnowledgeDegreesPerceptionCertaintyHierarchyArithmetic Book:Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68 Source: Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68
“Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. It's certainty. People love the president because he's certain of his choices as a leader, even if the facts that back him up don't seem to exist. It's the fact that he's certain that is very appealing to a certain section of the country. I really feel a dichotomy in the American populace. What is important? What you want to be true, or what is true?” PeopleImportantCountryChoicesPresidentLeaderPerceptionBeing TrueCertaintyDichotomy Author:Stephen Colbert
“To a certain extent all philosophers have been involved in a systematic questioning that undermines confidence and certainty. Philosophy as a whole unleashed skeptical forces which, outside of the tightly controlled environment of a rigorous philosophical debate, led a lot of people to throw their hands up in despair and think 'what's the point?'. A lot of the public perception of philosophy is that it leaves you with no answers, and more confused than you were at the beginning.” PeopleThinkingPhilosophyEnvironmentDespairPerceptionPhilosophicalPhilosopherDebateCertaintyConfusedQuestioningSkeptical Author:Julian Baggini
“Genius is neither learned nor acquired. It is knowing without experience. It is risking without fear of failure. It is perception without touch. It is understanding without research. It is certainty without proof. It is ability without practice. It is invention without limitations. It is imagination without boundaries. It is creativity without constraints. It is...extraordinary intelligence!” UnderstandingImaginationAbilityCreativityPracticeKnowingGeniusPerceptionResearchExtraordinaryProofBoundariesInventionCertaintyLimitationFear Of FailureConstraints Author:Patricia Polacco
“The human soul is heavy, clumsy, held in the mud of the flesh. Its perceptions are still coarse and brutish. It can divine nothing clearly, nothing with certainty.” HumansStillsSoulDivinePerceptionHeavyFleshCertaintyMudHuman SoulClumsyCoarse Book:Zorba the Greek Source: Zorba the Greek
“Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. It's certainty.” MatterFactsPerceptionCertaintyTearing Apart Author:Stephen Colbert