Quotes About Doubt

She'd left God in the dust quite some time ago.

Josephine wasn't much for praying . It had never done her any good.

Our doubts are traitors," she penned for the editorial page of her new endeavor. "And make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

I go on the presumption that everyone's full of shit until proven otherwise, and this usually serves me in good stead.

She smiled darkly and shook her head. 'I'm not crazy. I'm not. Of course what else would a crazy person claim? That's the Kafkaesque genius of it all. If you're not crazy but people have told the world you are, then all your protests to the contrary just underscore their point. Do you see what I'm saying?

Just as courage has no meaning without fear, faith has no meaning without doubt. They're the yin and yang of all aspiration.

With writers, it's frequently the same. We all want faith to win out over doubt.

Religion, you can't a handle on it, you just have to know or not know-people either believe or they don't believe.

At any rate, it was pretty inspiring. If Sharlee could shake off any doubts about herself and her abilities, he figured he ought to be able to do the same.

Who knows anybody?

I'm fairly certain. I could be some ghastly hallucination, a figment of my own imagination

I know she was sent to keep an eye on me and then kill me, but … do you think she did fall in love with me, even just a small bit?" "Not really." "Oh." "She stuck a knife in you." "Yeah." "That's rarely a good sign." "I suppose." "But hey, you had some good times, didn't you?" "Yes. Yes we did." "Before she stabbed you.

He glared at Gracious. "I can't believe you fell asleep." "I didn't fall asleep." "Then do you know if she's home or not?" "I haven't a clue," Gracious admitted. "I fell asleep.

I have faith," Tanith said. "As do I," said Ghastly. Valkyrie smiled at them gratefully. "So you think the plan will work?" "God, no," said Ghastly. "Sorry,

I'm almost finished," said Wilhelm, wiping out a line with his sleeve and drawing over it. "I never doubted you for a moment," said Vex, then looked at Aurora and spoke more softly. "I actually doubted him the whole time. He's really not very good." Wilhelm turned. "I'm standing right in front of you. I can hear literally every sound you make." "Wilhelm, please," said Vex, "this is a private conversation.

Her reflection had hidden something from her. This, Valkyrie thought to herself, is probably not a good sign.

I have faith," Tanith said. "As do I," said Ghastly. Valkyrie smiled at them gratefully. "So you think the plan will work?" "God, no," said Ghastly. "Sorry, Val," said Tanith.

You better not be implying what I think you're implying.

I can feel this heart inside me and I conclude it exists. I can touch this world and I also conclude that it exists. All my knowledge ends at this point. The rest is hypothesis.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty -- some most unsure, some nearly sure, none absolutely certain.

The more certain our knowledge the less we know.

The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.

In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no idea before, so that we cannot solve one doubt without creating several new ones.