Absoluteness Quotes

I am sometimes almost terrified at the scope of the demands made upon me, at the perfection of the self-abandonment required of me; yet outside of such absoluteness can be no salvation. (George MacDonald)
There is nothing more terrifying than the absoluteness of one who believes he's right. View quote
Libba Bray
Smashing things together. Because, culturally, that's America at its most interesting. It's things connected, awkwardly, that produce the brilliance. It's not absoluteness that produces the brilliance; it's when things that don't belong together collide, and in that collision, something springs forth, and that becomes extraordinarily fascinating to me. View quote
George Costello Wolfe
Bigotry and science can have no communication with each other, for science begins where bigotry and absolute certainty end. The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof. Let us never forget that tyranny most often springs from a fanatical faith in the absoluteness of one's beliefs. View quote
Ashley Montagu