Quotes About Doubt

And isn't it true here too that those whom God blesses he damns in the same breath?

El caballero de la fe tiene una clara conciencia de la imposibilidad; por lo tanto, sólo le puede salvar el absurdo, y lo aprehende por medio de la fe.

we must be honest, and not interpret this lack of courage as humility, since it is really pride, whereas the courage of faith is the only humble courage.

But one thing I will not do; no, not for anything in the world: I will not, though it were merely with the last quarter of the last joint of my little finger, I will not take part in what is known as official Christianity, which by suppression and by artifice gives the impression of being the Christianity of the New Testament; and upon my knees I thank my God that He has compassionately prevented me from becoming too far embroiled in it.

Por qué nos encontramos a veces con individuos que se avergüenzan de confesar que poseen la fe? Me parece inaudito.

Just as a dog which is compelled to walk on two feet has every instant a tendency to go again on all four, and does so as soon as it sees its chance, waiting only to see its chance, so is Christendom an effort of the human race to go back to walking on all fours, to get rid of Christianity, to do it knavishly under the pretext that this is Christianity, claiming that it is Christianity perfected.

la fe […] es lo más grande que se pueda poseer; por eso al filosofía comete un fraude cuando nos ofrece otra cosa a cambio y habla despectivamente de la fe. La filosofía no puede ni debe darnos la fe, sino que debe comprenderse a sí misma, saber lo que está en grado de ofrecer, no ocultar nada y mucho menos birlarnos una cosa determinada, considerándola una nadería

Aber Existieren ist etwas ganz anderes als Wissen.

AÅŸa cum filozofia începe cu îndoiala, o via?? care s? poat? fi numit? uman? începe cu ironia.

How then did Abraham exist? He believed. This is the paradox which keeps him upon the sheer edge and which he cannot make clear to any other person, for the paradox is that he as the individual puts himself in an absolute relation to the Absolute.

Historiallisissa kysymyksissä suurinkin mahdollinen varmuus on vain likiarvo.

It takes a talent to doubt, it requires no talent at all to despair (pp515)

Only in much fear and trembling is a human being able to speak with God, in much fear and trembling

those who possess faith should take care to set up certain criteria so that one might distinguish the paradox from a temptation (Anfechtung).

For when faith is eliminated by becoming null or nothing, then there only remains the crude fact that Abraham wanted to murder Isaac – which is easy enough for anyone to imitate who has not faith, the faith, that is to say, which makes it hard for him. 1

For all that Starfleet insisted on military protocol, their officers had a tiresome tendency to question everything.

Perhaps the wolf wasn't quite so dangerous as he pretended. Unfortunately, there was only one way to find out for sure——give him a little rope and see if he hung himself. And pray that he didn't tie her up with it instead.

I put it to you, Doctor, that our gods are what good and bad once were before they became categories un human reasoning.

optimism is a disease

Believe in your own eyes and you'll get into a lot of trouble, hot water, a mess.

Where there is no belief, there is no blasphemy.

All true believers have good reasons for disbelieving in every god except their own,' said Birbal, 'and so it is they who, between them, give me all the reasons for believing in none.

You will see, as time goes by, said Ibn Rushd, that in the end it will be religion that will make men turn away from God. The godly are God's worst advocates.

If by some bizarre chance there turns out to be a god [...], I'm willing to bet he's an atheist too.