Quotes About Doubt

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Die Freunde, an die ich denke, sind in der Zeit gefangen wie in einem Film. Sie (viele von ihnen sind tot, verschollen) sind in dem Alter, in dem ich sie zuletzt gesehen habe; ich bezweifle, dass sie mich jetzt wiedererkennen würden.

When people are suspicious with you, you start being suspicious with them.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling falsehood.

Give us this day our daily Faith, but deliver us, dear God, from Belief.

Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously overcompensates a secret doubt.

And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.

Even science must sometimes be treated as a possible enemy. Yes even science.

It's good to be cynical, he said. That is, if you know when to stop. Most of the things that we're all taught to respect and reverence- they don't deserve anything but cynicism.

Thought is the brain's three milliards Of cells from the inside out. Billions of games of billiards Marked up as Faith and Doubt. My Faith, but their collisions; My logic, but their enzymes; Their pink epinephrin, my visions; Their white epinephrin, my crimes. Since I am the felt arrangement Of ten to the ninth times three, Each atom in its estrangement Must yet be prophetic of me.

When in doubt, always act on the assumption that people are more honorable than you have any solid reason for supposing they are.

La filosofía nos enseña a sentir incertidumbre ante las cosas que nos parecen evidentes. La propaganda, en cambio, nos enseña a aceptar como evidentes cosas sobre las que sería razonable suspender nuestro juicio o sentir dudas.

All my thoughts are second thoughts.

A vjerovali su još i u nešto što se zvalo Raj;no unato? toga pili su goleme koli?ine alkohola.

Philosophy teaches us to feel uncertain about the things that seems to us self-evident. Propaganda, on the other hand, teaches us to accept as self-evident matters about which it would be reasonable to suspend our judgement or to feel doubt.

Philosophy teaches us to feel uncertain about the things that seem to us self-evident. Propaganda, on the other hand, teaches us to accept as self-evident matters about which it would be reasonable to suspend our judgment or to feel doubt.

Are you sure?" asked the Savage. "Are you quite sure that the Edmund in that pneumatic chair hasn't been just as heavily punished as the Edmund who's wounded and bleeding to death?

La actual felicidad siempre parece muy menguada en comparación con las compensaciones que brinda la miseria. Y, además, la estabilidad no es ni con mucho tan espectacular como la inestabilidad. Y el estar satisfecho no tiene el encanto de una denodada lucha contra la desgracia, ni el pintoresquismo de una pugna contra la tentación, o de una fatal derrota a manos de la pasión o de la duda. La felicidad nunca es grandiosa.

De qué sirven la verdad, la belleza o el conocimiento cuando las bombas de ántrax llueven del cielo?

Being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.

Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.

La felicità effettiva sembra sempre molto squallida in confronto ai grandi compensi che la miseria trova. E si capisce anche che la stabilità non è neppure emozionante come l'instabilità. E l'essere contenti non ha nulla di affascinante al paragone di una buona lotta contro la sfortuna, nulla del pittoresco di una lotta contro la tentazione, o di una fatale sconfitta a causa della passione o del dubbio. La felicità non è mai grandiosa.

Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contended has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.

E é evidente que a estabilidade, como espetáculo, não chega aos calcanhares da instabilidade. E o facto de se estar satisfeito não tem nada com o encanto mágico de uma boa luta contra a desgraça, nada do pitoresco de um combate contra a tentação, ou de uma derrota fatal sob os golpes da paixão ou da dúvida. A felicidade nunca é grandiosa.