Quotes About Doubt

Truth is not a prerequisite for belief, whilst belief is often times a catalyst for searching for one's own truth.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

Christendom has done away with Christianity without being quite aware of it.

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.

I see it all perfectly: there are two possibilities, one can either do this or do that. My honest opinion and friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it, you will regret both.

?nsanlar?n en zay?f taraflar?, sormadan, ara?t?rmadan, dü?ünmeden, kafalar?n? patlatmadan inanmak hususundaki hayret verici temayülleridir.

?nsanlar?n en zay?f taraflar?, sormadan, ara?t?rmadan, dü?ünmeden, kafalar?n? patlatmadan inanmak hususundaki hayret verici temayülleridir. Dünyadaki yalanc? peygamberleri yeti?tirmek ve beslemek için en iyi gübre, i?te bu bilmeden inanmak için ç?rp?nan kalabal?kt?r.

Hiçbir ?ey beni, hakk?mdaki bir kanaati düzeltmek kadar korkutmazd?.

Bu hareketsizli?in,korkuya dayanan bu tereddüdün daha zararl? oldu?unu,insan münasebetlerinde bir noktada ta? kesilmi? gibi kal?namayaca??n?,ileriye at?lmayan her ad?m?n insan? geriye götürdü?ünü ve yakla?t?rmayan anlar?n muhakkak uzakla?t?rd???n? seziyor..

I must doubt everything, or realize my faith by exterminating every obstacle.

Why would you think there was anything more between me and Mr. Pinter?" Because you blush when his name is mentioned. Because he follows you with his eyes. Because I do not know what to make of him, and that worries me.

I won't remain in a marriage where you refuse to trust me, to take some chances for my sake. Abigail Mercer

Perhaps everything was just as it appeared. Though the girl seemed to be up to something suspicious, it didn't seem to involve any deep feelings for Mr. Pinter. Now if only she could be as sure about Mr. Pinter's feelings for Celia...

Ro?ak Michael bio je prvi pokrovitelj škole, povu?eni ?ovjek koji je pisao gospo?i Harris o svemu što bi prema njegovu mišljenju moglo pomo?i bogatim nasljednicama koje poha?aju njenu školu. Madeline je osobito sumnjala da je ro?ak Michael vodio tako povu?en život kao što je tvrdio. No to vjerojatno nikada ne?e otkriti jer nitko nije znao njegov pravi identitet, pa ?ak ni gospo?a Harris.

I just didn't believe Bush.

I simply refused to believe.

Women are terrifying. One second all is fine and well, and the next, everyone is left wondering if they are the ones with the demon in them.

Das ist es, was ich an der mosaischen Religion nicht ertragen kann: ihre Weigerung und Unfähigkeit, unzählige seit Menschengedenken existierende, aber längst sinnlos gewordene Gebote und Vorschriften abzuschaffen oder zumindest zu reformieren. [...] Schon sehr früh, ich muß es unmißverständlich sagen, habe ich am Verstand jener gezweifelt, die derartige Gebote streng erfüllten.

Don't believe everything you think.

Socrates used to call popular beliefs "the monsters under the bed"—only useful for frightening children with.

By the time I began college, anxiety about hell had disappeared—not because I was confident that I was "saved," but because the whole package had become sufficiently uncertain that I didn't worry about it.

That Christian faith is about belief is a rather odd notion, when you think about it. It suggests that what God really cares about is the beliefs in our heads—as if "believing the right things" is what God is most looking for, as if having "correct beliefs" is what will save us. And if you have "incorrect beliefs," you may be in trouble. It's remarkable to think that God cares so much about "beliefs.

The sacrifice that Christianity asks of us is not ultimately a sacrifice of the intellect.

And faith came to mean what Bishop Robinson called it some thirty-five years ago: believing forty-nine impossible things before breakfast.