Quotes About Doubt

Do not think that in any case where there are two competing arguments one of them has to be right: both can be wrong.

Now, as he finished the last of his porridge, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni reminded himself that the one thing he felt certain about when it came to women was that you could never be sure.

Skepticism had its place, but we should not lose sight of the possibility that some beliefs were both necessary and beneficial--a belief in human goodness being a prime example of this. There were plenty of grounds to doubt human goodness; but if one ceased to believe in it, then we would lose the comfort of trust. And people needed their scraps of comfort in this world if they were to be able to deal with hardship and disappointment.

Mma Makutsi was unconvinced. "Where there is smoke there's fire, Mma. I have always said that." Mma Ramotswe could not let that pass. "But what does Clovis Andersen say in The Principles of Private Detection, Mma? Does he not say that you must be very careful to decide where the smoke is coming from? Smoke can drift, Mma. Those were his exact words, I think.

Or was it that people, for all they wished their friends well, never actually wished them that well?

not all those whose work amounts to something believe that what they do is good enough, or even worth doing.

She hoped that was the case, anyway, and that, she supposed, was the way it would always be. You hoped that what you did was for the overall good, but you could never be sure. Sometimes there were doubts, and those doubts could persist, but often you really had no choice. You had to feel your way through the complexities of this life and hope, just hope, that you got it right more often than you got it wrong. And sometimes, of course, you did not have to do anything at all.

The man who has faith in logic is always cuckolded by reality.

The best reason for disbelieving in God is that he never gave us enough time in life to pursue enough knowledge to find sufficient truth.

it...planted seeds of doubt as to whether we think diabolically enough when we wonder what our government is doing behind our backs.

Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.

Edmond Dantes: I don't believe in God. Abbe Faria: That doesn't matter, He believes in you…

So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: 'Perhaps!

Misfortune does not help us to believe.

When you are in doubt as to which you should serve forsake the material appearance for the invisible principle for this is everything.

take away this remaining doubt that, if it does not become a certainty, will turn into remorse.

Pooh! Women say those things, but never do them.

Catherine wished to discover whether her son were really ill or feigning. But he, worthy son of such a mother, played his part to perfection. She had wept, he had a fever.

It's often been said that "seeing is believing", but in many cases, the reverse is also true. Believing results in seeing.

He'd sit and listen to Nana's Jesus stories all day, but when she turned to the Old Testament prophets, Louis Valentine's little face would darken. He said, "I hate it when God is mean!

We must, however, reaffirm what we know to be true, even when we don't feel it to be true. This will help us to live more by faith than by feelings.

Prayer involves communication in the spiritual realm. Many prayers are answered in ways that cannot be seen in the material realm. Many prayers are answered in ways different from what we asked. For a variety of reasons, after we open our eyes we do not always see tangible evidence of our prayers. When we are not vigilant, this tempts us to doubt the power of God through prayer.

Was he going to ask me to go with him? Maybe I was getting ahead of myself and he was just making conversation. Oh, why was talking to a boy so fraught with complication?

What makes you think I didn't really mean no?" "Well, for one, you're awfully worked up over the guy. In that she-doth-protest-too-much kind of way.