“Doubt is a profound and effective spiritual motivation. Without doubt, no truism is transcended, no new knowledge found, no expansion of the imagination possible. Doubt is unsettling to the ego and those who are drawn to ideologies that promise the dispelling of doubt by preferring certainties never grow.” SpiritualMotivationFoundGrowsGrowthImaginationDoubtPromiseEgoProfoundIdeologyCertaintyExpansionTruismNew KnowledgeDispelling Author:James Hollis
“An election marks the end of the affair; it puts paid to the seduction of the many by the few. Pretty words, fulsome promises. We wind up married, but to whom, to what? We cannot always predict with certainty the future leader from the winning candidate. Some men grow in the job; others are diminished by its demands and its grandeur.” MenEndsJobsPoliticsWinningGrowsLeaderWindPromiseDemandMarriedMarkPaidElectionAffairCertaintyCandidatesSeductionGrandeurFuture LeadersPretty Words Author:Anna Quindlen
“The infinite reservoir of future grace is flowing back through the present into the ever-growing pool of past grace. The inexhaustible reservoir is invisible except through the promises. But the ever-enlarging pool of past grace is visible; and God means for the certainty and beauty and depth to strengthen our faith in future grace.” MeanPastGraceGrowingPromiseInfiniteDepthInvisibleCertaintyVisiblePoolReservoirs Book:Future Grace, Revised Edition: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God Source: Future Grace, Revised Edition: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God
“All men have a feeling, that they would rather you told them a civil lie than give them a point blank refusal.... If you make a promise, the thing is still uncertain, depends on a future day, and concerns but few people; but if you refuse you alienate people to a certainty and at once, and many people too.” PeopleIfsMenGivingStillsFeelingsLyingDependsPromiseConcernRefuseCertaintyBlankUncertainRefusal Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Religion of every kind involves the promise that the misery and futility of existence can be overcome or even transfigured. One might suppose that the possession of such a magnificent formula, combined with the tremendous assurance of a benevolent God, would make a person happy. But such appears not to be the case.: unease and insecurity and rage seem to keep up with blissful certainty, and even to outpace it.” KindPersonsSeemsMightExistenceCasesPromiseOvercomingMiseryPossessionRageCertaintyInsecurityFormulasMagnificentAssuranceFutilityBenevolent Author:Christopher Hitchens
“Senator apparently having overcome his loyalty to his wife and father. [Ted] Cruz finally came out and endorsed Donald Trump writing on Facebook, "If Clinton wins, we know with 100 percent certainty that she would deliver on her left-wing promises with devastating results for our country. My conscience tells me I must do whatever I can to stop that."” IfsKnowsWritingI CanCountryFatherWinningLeftResultsWifeTrumpPromisePercentConscienceOvercomingWingsClintonLoyaltyOur CountryCertaintySenatorsLeft WingCruz Author:Chris Hayes
“Okay. I'll deal with Benjamin. You're safe, okay? Nothing's gonna happen." His mouth pulled tight against itself. And now I was having some sort of heart attack. Because when he looked at me like that, my chest started to feel like it was turned inside out. "Promise." And that—the promise, the way he said it with utter certainty—was enough to make me tear up again.” WayFeelsHeartSaidEnoughHappensDealsTearsPromiseSafeMouthsOkayCertaintyChestsHeart Attack Author:Lilith Saintcrow