Quotes About Doubt

No, no es modestia exactamente. No estoy nada seguro de ser modesto;

At present he was answering questions that did not matter though they had a purpose, but he doubted whether he would ever again speak out as long as he lived.

Il restera toujours la peur. Un homme peut détruire toute chose en lui-même : l'amour, la foi, la haine et même le doute. Mais aussi longtemps qu'il tient à la vie, il ne peut pas détruire la peur.

Youth that is fresh enough to believe in guilt, in innocence, and in itself, will always doubt whether it have not perchance deserved its fate.

La strada sarebbe stata lunga. Tutte le strade che portano dove il cuore desidera sono lunghe. Ma questa strada l'occhio della mia mente poteva vederla su una carta, professionalmente, con tutte le difficoltà e complicazioni tecniche. In fondo tutto si riduceva a questo. O si é marinai o non lo si é. Ed io dubitavo di non esserlo.

Cigarette companies succeeded in using these methods to cast doubt on scientific findings that smoking was bad for health; and firms of all kinds succeed in persuading individuals to buy products that they might not otherwise have bought

To be in the middle of composing a book is almost always to feel oneself in a state of confusion, doubt and mental imprisonment....

As the saying goes not every conspiracy is a theory.

There is a revealing phrase in English regarding this mind state: we say someone is "plagued by doubt." Doubt is like a plague that weakens us. When doubt is strong, instead of making the experiment, whether in meditation or anything else, and engaging fully in the experience so that we can see for ourselves whether it is beneficial or not, the mind simply gets lost in endless speculation.

The Buddha's teaching is never about blind belief, but about the wisdom of our own inquiry.

As individuals, we have enormous difficulty thinking the negative. We see patterns all around us, and each new day brings new evidence that confirms our belief in them. Thinking through the hypothetical "What if I am wrong?" is not something that comes naturally. Having other people around whose sole interest lies in doing just that not only serves as an external corrective, it also pushes us to think in a way that our thoughts do not naturally go.

There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.

I wouldn't want to live without strong misgivings.

But Yossarian knew he was right, because, as he explained to Clevinger, to the best of his knowledge he had never been wrong.

What the hell are you getting so upset about? he asked her bewilderedly in a tone of contrite amusement. I thought you didn't believe in God. I don't, she sobbed, bursting violently into tears. But the God I don't believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He's not the mean and stupid God you make Him out to be.

We have no ideas, and they're pretty firm.

There was no way of really knowing anything, he knew, not even that there was no way of really knowing anything.

You've got to have a God. Without God, you might turn to something really crazy, like witchcraft, or religion.

a nagging bitch of a doubt, burrowing painlessly inside a conscience that felt perfectly clear

He was pinched perspiringly in the epistemological dilemma of the skeptic, unable to accept solutions to problems he was unwilling to dismiss as unsolvable. He was never without misery, and never without hope.

Miért éppen én? – ez volt állandó panasza, és a kérdés helyes volt.

There is no light. I don't feel like starting my generator. I used to get a big kick out saving people's lives. Now I wonder what the hell's the point, since they all have to die anyway.Dr. Stubbs Catch -22

I don't,' she sobbed, bursting violently into tears. 'But the God I don't believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He's not the mean and stupid God you make Him out to be.

was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.