Doubt Quotes - Page 34

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.

Why do you pray if you doubt you are heard?

Be silent always when you doubt your sense.

... that maxim of Descartes: "Question everything!" Question everything!

Absurdism, like methodical doubt, has wiped the slate clean. It leaves us in a blind alley. But, like methodical doubt, it can, by returning upon itself, open up a new field of investigation, and in the process of reasoning then pursues the same course. I proclaim that I believe in nothing and that everything is absurd, but I cannot doubt the validity of my proclamation and I must at least believe in my protest.

Believers in political faith-healing enjoy a supreme immunity from doubt.

Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear; Where little fears grow great, great love grows there.

The only thing I don't doubt is my doubt.

I like to see people doubt me.

You know, I've walked this earth for over eleven thousand years, my lady. I have seen things in my life that are unimaginable to you, and you ask me if I doubt you? Lady, I doubt the very air you breathe. (Acheron)

I have no doubts that the Devil grins, As seas of ink I spatter. Ye gods, forgive my “literary” sins – The other kind don’t matter.

When you find your purpose, it is like your heart has been set alight with passion. You know it absolutely, without any doubt.

When in doubt, take the next step.

I have absolutely no doubt that if you are a praying Christian, your faith in God is what is carrying you, through both the good times and the hard times. However, if you are not a praying person, you are carrying your faith - you are trying to make your faith work for you apart from your source of power - and trying to carry the infinite is very exhausting.

Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.

In doubtful matters boldness is everything.

By doubting we are led to enquire, and by enquiry we perceive the truth.

You were my hope during my days of loneliness, my anxiety during moments of doubt, my certainty during moments of faith.

When you know who you are and what you stand for, you stand in wisdom.

Most men appear wiser in their doubts than in their belief.

I doubt if there is one married person on earth who can be objective about divorce. It is always a threat, admittedly or not, and such a dire threat that it is almost a dirty word.

Since Don Quixote de la Mancha is a crazy fool and a madman, and since Sancho Panza, his squire, knows it, yet, for all that, serves and follows him, and hangs on these empty promises of his, there can be no doubt that he is more of a madman and a fool than his master.

Faith in Christ is able to endure doubts-it's able to endure temptations-bec ause it faces them, not because it pretends they're not there.

It's perfectly natural to doubt your judgment about doubting your judgment.

I have supported my deviations with reasons; I did not stop at mere doubt; I have vanquished, I have uprooted, I have destroyed everything in my heart that might have interfered with my pleasure.